BANGKOK -- Thailand remains without a new prime minister three months after the May 14 general election, with Pheu Thai -- the party that finished second in the voting -- struggling to exclude the military's influence as it tries to form a new government.
The latest in the political deadlock involves a petition before Thailand's Constitutional Court claiming that parliament's rejection last month of the motion to renominate Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat as a prime minister candidate was unconstitutional. The progressive Move Forward won the most seats in Thailand's lower house, but Pita failed to win a majority in parliament for the prime minister post when he was nominated in July.
