Pending a authorized verdict, forty five yr old Chaithawat Tulathon assumes the role of interim chief of the Move Forward Party (MFP) after his predecessor stepped down. Chaithawat was elected alongside the board of executives, taking up from Pita Limjaroenrat, who resigned from the MFP management earlier this month to facilitate the transition to a brand new opposition leader.
Pita’s place as an MP is currently in limbo because of an impending court decision associated to his iTV media share-holding case. As a outcome, the MFP’s ascension to the opposition leadership is on hold.
Instant in management are short-term, said Chaithawat after securing his leadership role. He further recognized himself as a provisional chief stepping in for the forty three year outdated Pita as he grapples along with his authorized predicament.
Upon evaluation of a criticism, the courtroom suspended Pita, who held inherited shares in the now-dissolved media firm, iTV Plc. The structure prohibits politicians from owning shares in media firms. Pita’s defence is that the forty two,000 shares have been part of his late father’s estate, which he managed because the executor, and he later transferred the title to his relations.
If and when Pita makes a return as an MP, the new executives and I are able to step down, Chaithawat said.
Following a voting process, Chaithawat was declared chief with a complete of 330 votes in favour, with five against and three abstaining. Apichart Sirisunthorn succeeds Chaithawat as party secretary-general.
The assembly also named Pijarn Chaowapatthanawong, Natthawut Buaprathum, Police Major General Supisarn Pakdeenaruban, and Sirikanya Tansakul as deputy party leaders. List MP Parit Wacharasindhu was appointed as a party spokesperson.
Chaithawat announced that Pita would function an advisory chairman to the party, leading the MFP’s policies from exterior parliament. In the meantime, I will fulfil my obligation as the opposition leader during this momentary arrangement, he said.
Despite the temporary arrangement, Pita expressed confidence in his successor and the model new celebration secretary-general, referring to them as the real deal. He made this assertion before the party’s meeting yesterday.
Chaithawat, a native of Songkhla, holds a degree in environmental engineering from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Post reported.
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