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Thai court suspends Pita as MP as parliament votes on new PM

Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ordered a temporary suspension of prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat from parliament after accepting a case against him alleging he was unqualified to run in the country’s May 14 election. Pita, who was due to contest a parliamentary vote on the premiership on Wednesday, has argued his ownership of shares in a media company was not a violation of election rules. Al Jazeera’s Florence Looi joins us live from the Bangkok to discuss the latest updates. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #Thailand #PitaLimjaroenrat #ThaiParliament #ThailandConstitutionalCourt #AlJazeeraEnglish

Thailand elections: Opposition parties in coalition talks

Thailand’s top two opposition parties have agreed to form a ruling coalition. The Move Forward Party and Pheu Thai Party won more than half of the seats in the lower house of parliament following Sunday’s election. Al Jazeera’s Tony Cheng reports from Bangkok, Thailand. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Thailand #Elections #ThaiParliamentDessolved #ThailandGeneralElection