Thailand’s Lese Majeste Law Looks Here to Stay
TimeAPR 2023
While it was surely a controversial decision, the decision not to consider Pita as a candidate for the second round of voting for premiership has a strong legal basis given that his renomination would violate Article 41 of Thailand's Regulations of the Parliamentary Assembly (2020), which states that a motion that has been rejected cannot be reintroduced unless the House Speaker allows it.
Given that the Constitution prevails over parliamentary rule 41, the prime ministerial selection process must be governed by sections 159 and 272 of the Constitution. Thereby, the Constitutional Court must overturn parliament's rejection of Pita's renomination as a prime ministerial candidate as it is blatantly unconstitutional.