Pita Limjaroenrat: leading Thailand's political earthquake

Move Forward Party leader and prime ministerial candidate, Pita Limjaroenrat, meets with the media members on the day of the general election in Bangkok, Thailand, May 14, 2023. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

BANGKOK (AFP): Few tipped him seriously as a likely prime minister, but Thai opposition leader Pita Limjaroenrat (pic) looks set to play a major role after voters rejected almost a decade of army-backed rule.

With most of the votes from Sunday's (May 14) polls counted, Pita's radical Move Forward Party was leading the popular vote ahead of the more established opposition Pheu Thai party.