Thailand’s opposition Move Forward Party names new leader | Politics News

Chaithawat Tulathon has been involved in Thailand’s progressive political movement for more than five years.

Thailand’s opposition Move Forward Party (MFP) has named a new leader after Pita Limjaroenrat, who led the party to a stunning election victory in May, was thwarted in his efforts to become premier.

Chaithawat Tulathon, a former political magazine editor, will now head MFP, the party said on Saturday.

The newly elected party leader studied environmental engineering at university and has been involved in Thailand’s progressive political movement for more than five years, co-founding MFP’s predecessor party.

MFP won the most seats in parliament at this year’s election on a wave of youth and urban support over its anti-establishment policies. The party will now lead the opposition after conservative lawmakers and an unelected senate blocked its attempts to form a…