BANGKOK: Thwarted Thai election winner Pita Limjaroenrat (pic) vowed Thursday to run for prime minister again, defying conservative forces that blocked him from the job earlier in the year and despite a looming court case.
BANGKOK: Thwarted Thai election winner Pita Limjaroenrat vowed Thursday to run for prime minister again, defying conservative forces that blocked him from the job earlier in the year and despite a looming court case.
He also faces a legal challenge thrown at him in the wake of the election, which could see him banned from running for years.“Of course. I’m not giving up, and it’s just a matter of time,” he said when asked if he planned to run again. But there are a number of roadblocks in his way—not least his current suspension as an MP.
He lost a first vote, then was blocked from running in a second ballot for the premiership and suspended as an MP by the Constitutional Court over his ownership of media shares, prohibited for lawmakers under Thai law. The father-of-one was a hugely popular figure during the campaign trail, drawing huge crowds and ecstatic supporters.
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