Pita Limjaroenrat

Thai politician Pita Limjaroenrat ‘highly confident’ ahead of possible ban

A POPULAR Thai politician facing a decade-long ban after challenging royal defamation laws said he was “highly confident” of a ruling in his favour by Thailand’s top court expected on Wednesday.

Former prime ministerial hopeful Pita Limjaroenrat says his party will “fight tooth and nail” for its future amid efforts to bring down the party.

Setback for Thailand's Move Forward Party as court accepts dissolution case

Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday (Apr 3) accepted a case seeking the dissolution of the opposition Move Forward Party, in another blow for a popular anti-establishment movement pushing maj...

Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat (C) speaks to the media after a meeting with the working group of seven party allies to form a coalition government on 06 June 2023. The election commission wants to disband the party for violating the constitution.

Thai election commission to ask court to disband Move Forward Party

Thailand’s election commission on Tuesday (Mar 12) passed a resolution to request a court to dissolve the opposition Move Forward party.

Thai politician Pita Limjaroenrat was given a four-month prison sentence, suspended for 2 years, and a fine of 11,200 baht.

Thai former PM hopeful hit with more legal trouble

A Thai court on Monday (Feb 5) handed suspended sentences to former prime ministerial hopeful Pita Limjaroenrat and seven other political figures for holding an unlawful rally in 2019.

Two fresh petitions were submitted to the Election Commission, urging it to seek the Constitutional Court to dissolve the party and possibly ban its leaders from politics for 10 years.

Thailand’s Move Forward Party faces dissolution threat after court order

Thailand’s Move Forward Party, which won the most seats in last year’s election, faces renewed threats of dissolution following a guilty court ruling over its bid to loosen the country’s royal defamat...

The Constitutional Court ordered Move Forward Party, led by Pita Limjaroenrat (top) to abandon the plan, which amounts to an attempt to “overthrow the democratic regime of government with the king as a head of state” and therefore in violation of the constitution.

Thai court rules election winners violated constitution on royal insults law

A Thai court on Wednesday (Jan 31) ruled the biggest party in parliament had violated the constitution in seeking to change a law against insulting the monarchy, in what could set a precedent for any ...

The court deemed the company Pita owned shares in had no broadcast concession and should not be considered a mass media organisation.

Thai court clears former PM hopeful of violating election law

A Thai court on Wednesday (Jan 24) ruled former prime ministerial hopeful Pita Limjaroenrat had not violated election law and could remain a lawmaker, surviving the first of two cases targeting the an...

“Of course. I’m not giving up, and it’s just a matter of time,” says Thai election winner Pita Limjaroenrat when asked if he plans to run again.

Thwarted Thai PM candidate Pita vows to run again

Thwarted Thai election winner Pita Limjaroenrat vowed on Thursday (Nov 9) to run for prime minister again, defying conservative forces that blocked him from the job this year and despite a looming cou...

Thai politician Pita Limjaroenrat said his reformist party Move Forward had to “restrategise”, acknowledging that election runners-up Pheu Thai had control over the electoral system.

Disqualified reformist Pita Limjaroenrat sees long-term change in Thailand

YOUNG Thai reformist Pita Limjaroenrat, who led his party to the most votes in elections but was blocked from office, voiced hope on Monday for long-term changes even if his own political fate is unce...

Pita is stepping down as he can’t take up the opposition leader’s job because of his suspension as a lawmaker.

Former Thai PM frontrunner quits as leader of Move Forward Party

Pita Limjaroenrat, whose bid to become Thailand’s prime minister was thwarted by the royalist conservative establishment, resigned as leader of the Move Forward Party to pave the way for a new chief t...