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Newshour: 13/07/2023 13:06 GMT: Thailand's reformist leader fails to become PM

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13/07/2023 13:06 GMT

13/07/2023 13:06 GMT: Thailand's reformist leader fails to become PM

Thailand's reformist leader fails to become PM

BBC World Service - Newshour, Thailand's reformist leader fails to become PM

Pita Limjaroenra didn't get enough votes in parliament to become prime minister

Pita Limjaroenra, a reformer who won Thailand's election in May, has failed to win enough votes in parliament to become prime minister.

The reformer who won Thailand's election has failed to win enough votes in parliament to become prime minister.

Pita Limjaroenrat swept to victory in May as voters rejected nearly a decade of conservative military rule. He and his allies have a lower house majority but could not win over the senate, which was all appointed by a previous military government. Can democracy survive in Thailand?

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(Photo shows Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat posing for a picture on 13 July 2023. Credit: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

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