They pledged to form a new party, which is set to be unveiled on Aug 9.
Mr Pita Limjaroenrat is one of the Move Forward Party executives banned by the court from politics for 10 years.
That brought curtains on a party that had rattled the country’s military-backed conservative groups by winning the most number of parliamentary seats in the general election last year and mounted a serious bid to form the government. “In the near term, there’ll be nothing but turmoil,” said Professor Mark S. Cogan, an associate professor of peace and conflict studies at Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka. “It will take a few years for the progressive movement to retool. This gives the conservatives time to think, strategise and mobilise.”
Mr Srettha’s struggles to tackle near-record household debt, high cost of living amid a tepid outlook for the economy helped Move Forward remain as the most popular political party in recent surveys.The party’s promise to spread economic activity beyond the capital city Bangkok, dismantle business monopolies and reduce the influence of elites had resonated with the youth and urban population.
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