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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Mfp partners query vote tactics | History Defined

Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of the Move Forward Party and its prime ministerial candidate, greets supporters during a rally at CentralWorld in Bangkok on Sunday, telling them he will work diligently if he is voted as PM in parliament on Thursday. He was joined by almost 100 MFP MPs and an estimated 1,000 supporters. (Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)

The seven parties in the eight-member political alliance led by the Move Forward Party (MFP) want the MFP to tell them how it would handle the parliamentary vote to select a new prime minister, in the event party leader, Pita Limjaroenrat, fails the first vote set for Thursday.

Questions have been raised among the seven prospective coalition partners as to how many times the vote will have to be organised to pick a new prime minister. House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha previously said the vote would be repeated until a new prime minister is selected successfully.

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