Future Forward party secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul called the commission's calculations"absurd".Palang Pracharat needs control over only about 126 seats in the House to vote in Prayuth as prime minister, under the assumption it will get most or all of the junta-appointed Senate's 250 votes.
The results mean the party only needs to gain four or more votes from the 16 unaligned parties that won 131 seats combined.The electoral rules make it practically impossible for the opposition to overcome the Senate's vote to form a government.
The ruling elitists and military were never going to give up control despite the 'shamlection'! The fact that the Junta chooses the Senate (rather than voters being able to vote for the majority in the Senate) is another clue.
There is a pro-military government in US despite calling itself democratic...
Makes one wonder why the Australian public pay for an ABC correspondent to be based in Bangkok when the level of reporting, particularly on the recent election and coronation, is so abysmal.