Pita suggested that countries should not focus only on profitability, but their interest should also be extended to the environment, land rights, land ownership redistribution, and building a social welfare state that takes care of labour empowerment.
“That’s almost like social democracy to us. It doesn’t matter if you agree or disagree. But it’s about really coming together to really think about how we create this architecture of how we proceed forward,” he said.
Pita, who is now the chief adviser to the new Move Forward leader, added that whenever he and his party can change Thailand through demilitarisation and decentralisation, they would start thinking about foreign policy and look outward to the world.
His message to the world would be “Thailand is back. Thailand means business.”
He pointed out that the kingdom is a middle power that is the second largest country in…
