Bhumjaithai, which was part of the outgoing coalition of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha, had finished third in Thailand’s elections in May, winning 70 lower house seats.
Thailand's Bhumjaithai party leader Anutin Charnvirakul said on Monday he accepts Pheu Thai party's invitation to try to form a government more than two months after elections.
Bhumjaithai, which was part of the outgoing coalition of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha, had finishedThe party, known for championing the decriminalisation of cannabis, said it would ally with Pheu Thai on three conditions including that the new alliance leaves untouched the country's strict laws on insulting the monarchy.
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