Exclusive: Pita Limjaroenrat, whose Move Forward party won the most votes in last year’s election but has been dissolved, vows ‘you cannot stop spring’
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Thailand’s conservative establishment is seeking to exterminate politicians who promised reform, according to the former leader of a popular party that was banned by the courts last week.
Pita Limjaroenrat, whose Move Forward party won the most votes and most seats in last year’s election, said Thailand was trapped in a “double lock democracy” where the legal system and military coups were repeatedly being used to undermine election results.