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Former leader of Move Forward Party Pita Limjaroenrat talks to reporters at the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Rach Sumetlak)

Court bars popular Thai opposition leader from politics for a decade, drawing U.S. rebuke

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

FILE - Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader of the Move Forward Party wave and leaves from a meeting room at Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, on July 19, 2023. The embattled head of the Move Forward party, which finished first in Thailand’s general election in May but was denied power by Parliament, announced his resignation on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023 as its chief so the party can appoint a new member to serve as Parliament's opposition leader. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Thailand’s opposition Move Forward party to pick new leader as its embattled chief steps down

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra greets his supporters as he arrives at Don Muang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Thailand's king granted former prime minister Thaksin a pardon and reduced his eight-year prison sentence to one year, just over a week after the business tycoon-turned-politician returned from 15 years of self-imposed exile. The pardon granted by King Maha Vajiralongkorn was published Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, in the Royal Gazette, making it effective immediately. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn, file)

A long, strange week in Bangkok caps a long, strange odyssey for Thailand’s Thaksin

By Richard S. Ehrlich

Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of Move Forward Party, speaks to media as he announces the victory in Sunday's general election at the party's headquarters in Bangkok on May 15, 2023. Thailand’s Constitutional Court cleared the way Wednesday, Aug. 16, for Parliament to vote for a new prime minister more than three months after national elections by declining to rule on a complaint over the rejection of the winning party's leader, Pita. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn, File)

Reformer out, military back in as Thailand moves to break governing impasse

By Richard S. Ehrlich – Special to The Washington Times - The Washington Times

Lawmakers gather during a meeting at the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. A parliamentary vote to select Thailand’s new prime minister expected on Friday, Aug. 4, was delayed again after a court put off a decision in a case involving the progressive party that won May's election, adding to growing uncertainty about when a new government can take office. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Selection of Thailand’s new prime minister delayed again, to await court decision on election winner

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Supporters of the Move Forward Party hold a portrait of Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader of Move Forward Party, during a protest in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, July 29, 2023. Thai parliament on Thursday set the date of the vote for prime minister next week, for the third time, as political uncertainty continues to grow more than two months after the general election. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) **FILE**

Popular vote-winning party in May election dumped from planned new coalition government

By Richard S. Ehrlich

FILE - Supporters of the Move Forward Party hold a portrait of Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader of Move Forward Party, during a protest in Bangkok, Thailand, July 23, 2023. An expected fresh try by Thailand’s Parliament to select a new prime minister on Thursday, July 25, has been postponed, adding to a growing sense of uncertainty over when a new government can take office, more than two months after the country’s general election.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai Parliament postpones vote to select new prime minister pending court ruling

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Pita Limjaroenrat, left, the leader of Move Forward Party and top winner in the May's general election attends a meeting at Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Thailand's Constitutional Court has agreed to suspend Pita, a candidate to become prime minister, from his duties as a member of Parliament pending its ruling on whether he violated election law. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Regime allies deny Thai election winner a chance to form government

By Richard S. Ehrlich

Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader of Move Forward Party, center. and Leader of Pheu Thai party Chonlanan Srikaew, left , wave to supporters after meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, July 17, 2023. The top candidate to become Thailand's next prime minister, Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat, who was rebuffed last week by an initial vote of Parliament, declared Monday he will remain a candidate for a second round of ballot but acknowledges he may have to make way for a political ally if he cannot attract substantially more support. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai Parliament blocks leader of party that won election from being renominated for prime minister

By Grant Peck and Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader of Move Forward Party talks to reporter after meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, July 17, 2023. The top candidate to become Thailand's next prime minister, Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat, who was rebuffed last week by an initial vote of Parliament, declared Monday he will remain a candidate for a second round of ballot but acknowledges he may have to make way for a political ally if he cannot attract substantially more support. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Leader of winning Thai party, rebuffed last week, to try once more to become prime minister

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Pita Limjaroenrat, center, the leader of Move Forward Party and top winner in the May's general election, gestures after the vote counting at the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Pita, whose Move Forward Party ran first in Thailand's May 14 general election, was nominated to be prime minister at a joint session of Parliament's Upper and Lower House on Thursday, but failed to attain the majority vote needed to win the job, necessitating a new round of voting expected next week. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Reformist Thai party, thwarted from forming new government, seeks law change to limit Senate’s power

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Leader of Move Forward Party Pita Limjaroenrat arrives before the signing of a memorandum of understanding on attempt to form a coalition government between Move Forward Party and other parties during a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand on May 22, 2023. Thailand's state Election Commission announced Wednesday, July 12, it has concluded there is evidence that the top candidate to become the country's next prime minister, Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat, has violated election law, and has referred his case to the Constitutional Court for a ruling. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Thailand’s Election Commission says a reformist candidate for prime minister may have broken the law

By Jinatamas Saksornchai and Grand Peck - Associated Press

In this May 17, 2023, photo, leader of Pheu Thai party Chonlanan Srikaew, left gestures with the leader of Move Forward Party Pita Limjaroenrat, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand Politics Newly elected lawmakers in Thailand gathered Monday for the opening session of Parliament, which is tasked with selecting a new prime minister after May's general election saw the country's progressive Move Forward Party unexpectedly come out on top. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai opposition party struggles to take power after stunning election victory

By Jintamas Saksornchai and Grant Peck - Associated Press

Voters wait in line outside a polling station to cast their vote in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, May 14, 2023. Voters in Thailand were heading to the polls on Sunday in an election touted as a pivotal chance for change, eight years after incumbent Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha first came to power in a 2014 coup. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Thailand’s opposition parties, after stunning election win, set plans to enlist allies to take power

By Grant Peck and Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Pita Limjaroenrat, center, leader of Move Forward Party, waves to his supporters, in Bangkok, Monday, May 15, 2023. Fresh off a stunning election victory in which they together captured a majority of seats in the House of Representatives, Thailand's top two opposition parties began planning Monday for the next stage in their bid to replace the military-dominated government. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

New star Pita seeks to seize the moment as voters rebuke Thailand’s military rulers

By Richard S. Ehrlich

Leader of Move Forward Party Pita Limjaroenrat shakes hand with a supporter as he leaves from Move Forward Party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, May 14, 2023. Thailand's main opposition party took an early lead in a vote count from Sunday's general election, touted as a pivotal chance for change nine years after incumbent Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha first came to power in a 2014 coup. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Liberal upstart makes strong showing in Thailand’s general election as military dominance in doubt

By Richard S. Ehrlich