commanding majority. that looks unlikely to happen. over the next 24 hours he faces a vote in parliament, in which the appointed senate get to vote, most of them are deeply conservative and royalist. they were appointed under military rule and unlikely to support him, could have blocked him from becoming prime minister. now we have two complaints by the constitutional court which argued he should be disqualified from being an mp and it could lead to his party being dissolved. one complaint is he ocean shows in the media company. he owns shares. this company has not been a operation for 15 years. the other one argues his party s policy of trying to reform the notorious magistrate la under which people who criticise the monarchy can go to jail for years, criticise the monarchy can go to jailfor years, amounts to criticise the monarchy can go to jail for years, amounts to an attempt to overthrow the entire state. it sounds a rather implausible argument but given the