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Pita Limjaroenrat
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By Patpicha Tanakasempipat

May 30, 2023 at 11:14 AM UTC

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Thailand’s Move Forward Party-led coalition set up a power transition team as it prepares to form the next government after sweeping the May 14 election.

A meeting of the leaders of the eight-party alliance, which holds a clear majority in the 500-member House of Representatives, agreed on Tuesday to meet every week until it can formally take power, said Pita Limjaroenrat, Move Forward’s leader and the bloc’s prime minister candidate.