Thai parliament delays PM vote as ruling prolongs deadlock

The reformist Move Forward Party won the most seats in May's polls but fell well short of a majority, and an eight-party coalition was not enough to get its leader Pita Limjaroenrat approved as premier.

This prompted house speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha to delay another vote to choose a PM that had been scheduled for Friday. The developments come a day after MFP dropped out of the coalition it once led -- now headed by the Pheu Thai party, which came second in the election. To become prime minister, a candidate must be approved by a majority of both houses of parliament -- including 250 senators appointed under the last junta.

Adding to the febrile political atmosphere, former premier Thaksin Shinawatra is expected to return to Thailand next week after 15 years in self-imposed exile to avoid criminal charges he says are politically motivated. Harnessing that desire for change, MFP rode a wave of support from young and urban Thais weary of almost a decade of army-backed rule.

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