Former Thai PM Hopeful Pita Quits as Leader of Move Forward
- Pita’s successor to become opposition leader in parliament
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Pita Limjaroenrat, whose bid to become Thailand’s prime minister was thwarted by the royalist conservative establishment, resigned as leader of the popular Move Forward Party to pave way for a new chief to become the opposition leader in parliament.
Pita said he was stepping down as he couldn’t take up the opposition leader’s job because of his suspension as a lawmaker. He was among the 151 Move Forward lawmakers elected to Thailand’s 500-member House of Representatives in the May general election.