Thakorn", Thai Sang Thai MP, clarified that he is not a cobra, citing the MP resolution that is not related to the party. He agreed with "Ing" to be the PM because it allows the country to move forward. He did not abandon "Khunying Sudarat" but he was more afraid of being abandoned. Mr. Thakorn Tanthasit, MP for the Thai Sang Thai Party, explained the case of 6 MPs of the party voting to approve Ms. Paethongtarn Shinawatra, leader of the Pheu Thai Party, as prime minister. He said that today there was no list of opposition candidates. Therefore, he agreed with the MPs that in order for the country to move forward, he would have to have a prime minister to run the country. If the prime minister cannot be voted for today, we will have to wait longer. He confirmed that he did not vote to join the government, but to prevent damage to the country because he wanted someone to run the country. He confirmed that his intentions were pure and there was no contact from the government party. The Thai Sang Thai Party ha s a clear position that it is still an opposition party. Mr. Thakorn said that he had confirmed with Mr. Pakornwut Udompipatsakul, the opposition whip, that he was still with the opposition and would debate his disagreement with the budget that would be submitted to the parliament. He also explained about the vote today. Last night, Mr. Pakornwut called to ask which direction the Thai Sang Thai Party would vote in, but when he called, it was late at night, so there was no discussion with the MPs. They only discussed it this morning before the meeting. Mr. Pakornwut told him to explain to the media. Mr. Thakorn confirmed that he was not a snake because it was not a resolution of the Thai Sang Thai Party to approve Ms. Paethongtarn as the prime minister. But we discussed together as a resolution of the MP meeting that did not vote against because we did not agree in principle that there would be no prime minister. As for the media that might headline that it was a cobra, Mr. Thakorn stated that the party did not have a resolution on this matter. It was not a joint resolution of the opposition parties. They said to meet each party individually. Each opposition party made a different resolution. He confirmed that it did not violate the party resolution, but there was a meeting to talk with the MPs together. And there has not been a talk with Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan. He confirmed that he personally did not have a falling out with Khunying Sudarat. 'Who would dare to break with Khunying? But Khunying Sudarat did not know what the party's MPs would vote because they just talked about it this morning before the meeting. I don't know if Khunying Sudarat will accept it or not. We did not abandon Khunying, who would dare to abandon Khunying? I am afraid that Khunying will abandon us because Khunying is already important. We must give importance to Khunying. Thai Sang Thai Party is the party that Khunying created. We must give importance to women. But if we abandon Khunying, we are more afraid that Khunying will aband on us. Otherwise, we will have no place to stand, no place to live,' said Mr. Thakorn. Mr. Thakorn confirmed that there was no benefit, no offer of any ministerial positions, no deal with the government side, no elders ever came to talk. But if after this there is an invitation to talk and offer a position, we will have to see again because we are in the real world today, still a coalition party of the opposition, so it is our duty to do our best. As for the future, we live in the present world, not in the future because the next election will be in 2027 or sooner. We did not say that the door is closed or not, but only said that today we will do our best as a coalition party of the opposition. But personally, we cannot reciprocate every MP. "If we have a split of 6 votes, that's a cobra. We have to look at it from the other side. Today, Thai Sang Thai Party MPs, if they don't vote the same, that means we have to say who is a cobra and who isn't. But today, they voted the same as a group. Next time, they wi ll vote the same. Working from now on with the opposition is not difficult. If they vote against the local MPs, they don't agree because they want a government to govern the country," said Mr. Thakorn. Mr. Thakorn said that today's vote of approval was not because Ms. Paethongtarn was the prime minister, but because there was only one nomination. When Ms. Paethongtarn became the candidate, congratulations were given, but if it was someone else, congratulations were given. If there was someone from the Prachachon Party, we had to vote for them. If the Democrat Party proposed, we had to vote for them. Source: Thai News Agency
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