BANGKOK – Another opposition leader emerged as the favourite to be Thailand's next prime minister in a new opinion poll on Friday (May 5), just days out from an election that could see an end to nine years of military-backed government. Pita Limjaroenrat, 42, the charismatic leader of the Move Forward party, jumped ahead of Paetongtarn Shinawatra of the main...
Pita Limjaroenrat, Move Forward Party's leader and prime ministerial candidate, reacts during an upcoming election campaign event in Bangkok, on April 22.BANGKOK – Another opposition leader emerged as the favourite to be Thailand's next prime minister in a new opinion poll on Friday , just days out from an election that could see an end to nine years of military-backed government.
The outcome tracks that of the latest poll by the National Institute of Development Administration on Wednesday, which also put Harvard-educated Pita ahead of Paetongtarn for the first time, as Move Forward – a party popular among young Thais – sees a late surge in some surveys. The surveys, the accuracy of which Reuters cannot independently verify, could be a boon for Thailand's progressive opposition and suggest parties in the ruling coalition with ties to the military and royalist establishment might struggle to gain traction in the upcoming parliamentary election.
Both polls showed the pro-military Palang Pracharat party, the Democrats and Bhumjaithai – current coalition partners – trailing the opposition by a large margin.
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