Thai court suspends prime minister candidate pending election law ruling

Pita Limjaroenrat’s Move Forward Party has assembled an eight-party coalition (Sakchai Lalit/AP)

The Constitutional Court in Thailand has agreed to suspend Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat, a leading candidate to become prime minister, from his duties as a member of parliament pending its ruling on whether he violated election law.

The court’s announcement came ahead of a likely second vote in parliament on whether to confirm Mr Pita as prime minister.