Tag: Pita Limjaroenrat

Thailand’s turbulent politics over two decades: A timeline

August 8, 2024 admin

Former leader of Move Forward Party, Pita Limjaroenrat, center, shakes hands with his supporters at Move Forward Party headquarters in Bangkok. | Photo Credit: AP Thailand’s most popular politician, Pita Limjaroenrat, was banned from politics for 10 years and his party dissolved on Wednesday over his attempt to reform the kingdom’s archaic royal defamation laws. The country has been mired in cyclical…

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Thailand’s poll body to seek dissolution of Move Forward party

March 12, 2024 admin

A file photo of Pita Limjaroenrat, former leader of Thailand’s Move Forward party | Photo Credit: AP Thailand’s Election Commission on Tuesday said it will seek the dissolution of the progressive Move Forward party, which won last year’s general election after a court ruled that the party’s proposal to amend a royal anti-defamation law was…

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Blocked Thailand PM challenger Pita Limjaroenrat resigns as party leader

September 15, 2023 admin

Pita Limjaroenrat. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Pita Limjaroenrat, whose reformist party won the most seats at Thailand’s national elections in May, resigned as its leader on September 15. The young challenger led the Move Forward Party (MFP) to the top spot in the polls, capitalising on a swell of voters furious at a near-decade…

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