Visiting German leader commends Thai court on Pita’s shareholding case

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L) meets with Pita Limjaroenrat, opposition politician from the Move Forward party, for talks. Pita’s progressive Move Forward Party (MFP) was the surprise winner of the parliamentary elections in May 2023, but he was not elected head of government. //dpa

Visiting German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier says that the Thai Constitutional Court’s decision to acquit the former Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat of violating electoral law sends a message to the international community and serves as a conciliatory signal domestically.

“On one hand, this is a message to the international community. On the other, it is also an internal conciliatory signal,” Steinmeier said during a joint press conference with Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin at Government House on Thursday.

On Wednesday, Pita was cleared of holding shares in a…