The Pheu Thai Party should get the House speakership because it has more people suitable for the position than the Move Forward Party, according to Adisorn Piangket, Pheu Thai list MP-elect.
Mr Adisorn, a veteran politician, was responding to a Facebook post by Piyabutr Saengkanokkul, a member of the Progressive Movement, who said the speaker's position should go to an MP nominated by the Move Forward Party.
Mr Piyabutr and other executives of the former Future Forward party were banned from politics for 10 years after the party was dissolved by the Constitutional Court in 2020. He is, however, is regarded by many as the brains behind the Move Forward Party.
Mr Adisorn said Mr Piyabutr might take it for granted that Move Forward would command a majority in the House of Representatives. In fact, the 152 House seats won by Move Forward was still far short of 250, or half of the 500 House seats.
He said if Move Forward wanted every key position, it must first do what had been done by the former Thai Rak Thai party, which clinched 377 House seats in an election.
Pheu Thai was glad to support Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat for the post of prime minister, leader of the executive branch, he said.
