Swapping protests for ballot boxes

Agents of change: Lookkate (centre) reacting with other candidates during the upcoming election campaign in Pathum Thani. — Reuters

Chonthicha “Lookkate” Jangrew is going door to door asking people to vote for her in Thailand’s May 14 election even though she faces possible jail time on charges of sedition and defaming the king during unprecedented protests in 2020.

The 30-year-old is one of more than a dozen activists from a student-led protest movement who are taking their once-taboo cause from the streets to the ballot box as candidates in the election.