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Thailand: Following the failure by the Move Forward Party (MFP), which gained the most votes in the May election, to form a majority coalition, the second-placed Pheu Thai Party has announced an alliance with the Bhumjaithai Party, which spearheaded cannabis legalisation, Reuters reports. The coalition has 212 seats in the Thai parliament – well short of a majority – but Pheu Thai continues to try to attract other parties. The inclusion of Bhumjaithai could help garner support in the military-appointed Senate, which thwarted the MFP’s nominee. Before the elections, Srettha Thavisin, Pheu Thai’s nominee for prime minister, said his party “would never agree to total liberalisation of cannabis use, but does back medical marijuana”.
21st July 2023
4th July 2023
Thailand: Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat, who has promised a clampdown on the country’s cannabis trade, faces challenges from rival parties and a conservative-leaning Senate in his bid to become prime minister, and is also under investigation for breaching election rules. While the Move Forward and Pheu Thai parties have reached a compromise, nominating Prachachart party leader Wan Muhamad Noor Matha as House speaker and assigning deputy speaker positions to both parties, a joint session of parliament will be convened later this month to choose the prime minister, requiring more than half of the 750-member bicameral legislature’s votes. Limjaroenrat leads a coalition that previously announced that it aims to reclassify cannabis as a controlled substance. There have been public assurances that legitimate cannabis businesses would be temporarily protected during the transition.
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