BANGKOK - Thailand’s monarchy, usually off limits during parliamentary debates, became the centrepiece of discussion on a day when the legislature was meant to choose the future prime minister.
And so it was that the premiership bid by 42-year-old Pita Limjaroenrat floundered on Thursday, having fallen 51 votes short of the 375-vote minimum to secure his place.
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