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The Guardian - UK
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Rebecca Ratcliffe and Navaon Siradapuvadol in Bangkok

Leading Thailand candidate for PM warns of ‘high price’ if blocked from power

Move Forward Party Leader and prime minister candidate Pita Limjaroenrat.
Move Forward Party Leader and prime minister candidate Pita Limjaroenrat. Photograph: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP/Getty Images

The leader of Thailand’s most popular party has warned of a high cost if he is blocked from taking power, after he was dealt a series of blows on the eve of a parliamentary vote to decide the next prime minister.

Pita Limjaroenrat’s progressive Move Forward party won the most seats in May’s election after promising major reforms to remove the military from politics, break up powerful monopolies and change Thailand’s lese-majesty law.

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