Pita urges unity after Thai coalition squabbles over House Speaker job

Pro-royalist activists shout slogans during a rally calling the US not to interfere in Thailand's election process, in front of the US embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, May 24, 2023. - Reuters

BANGKOK, May 27 (Bloomberg): The coalition of pro-democracy parties that swept the Thai election this month should stop public haggling over the house speaker’s post and instead focus on forming a government to end nearly a decade of military-backed rule, its leader said.

The dispute between Move Forward and Pheu Thai - the largest parties in the coalition - over whose nominee should be speaker of the House of Representatives is a "minor issue compared to the mission entrusted to us by the people,” Pita Limjaroenrat, the bloc’s prime minister candidate, said on Twitter on Friday.