Thai opposition parties form alliance and ask junta to step down

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There are seven opposition parties in the alliance, but with the final tally delayed, the military may yet cling to power in Thailand

Uttama Savanayana, a leader of Palang Pracharath party, centre, speaks as Sontirat Sontijirawong, party’s secretary-general, right, looks on during a news conference at the military-backed party’s headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, on March 27 2019. Picture: BLOOMBERG/NICOLAS AXELROD

Parliament’s upper house, entirely appointed by the junta, is expected to endorse the pro-military party. “We declare that the democratic front, which opposes military rule, commands the majority in the House,” Sudarat told reporters. The largest alliance in the lower house should be given the right to try to form a government, she added.

A fuller picture of the lower house make-up could emerge on Friday, when the election commission releases vote tallies for each constituency, used to determine the allocation of the other 150 party seats under a complex formula.

 

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