Move Forward lives up to its name

United front: Pita with his coalition partners at a news conference in Bangkok. — Bloomberg

THE leader of the progressive Move Forward Party that delivered a surprise victory in Thailand’s election said he was confident that he could muster additional support from rivals to back his alliance and form a stable government.

Move Forward, which won most seats after it capitalised on its groundswell of youth support, has an alliance of eight parties worth about 313 of the 500 lower house seats but no guarantees it can form a coalition government.