Thai PM hopeful Pita says willing to slow pace of party’s reform agenda
2023.07.18 02:10
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Move Forward Party Leader Pita Limjaroenrat speaks during a voting session for a new prime minister at the parliament, in Bangkok, Thailand, July 13, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s election-winning Move Forward Party is willing to adjust the pace of its ambitious reform agenda if it can form the next government, prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday.
Party leader Pita, 42, will contest a parliamentary vote on the premiership on Wednesday for the second time, after failing last week to win the required backing of more than half of the legislature.
(Reporting Panu Wongcha-um and Chayut Setboonsarng; Writing by Martin Petty)
