Leader of Thai opposition party that won election announces eight-party coalition plan to take power

Leader of Move Forward Party Pita Limjaroenrat (rear centre), talks to media after casting his vote during a general election at a polling station in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, May 14, 2023. Voters in Thailand were heading to the polls on Sunday in an election touted as a pivotal chance for change, eight years after incumbent Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha first came to power in a 2014 coup. - AP

BANGKOK, May 21 (AP): The leader of the progressive opposition party that won a stunning victory in Thailand’s national election has said that eight parties have agreed to form a coalition government with him as prime minister, despite fears among supporters that his military-aligned opponents may use the unelected Senate to block them.

Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat said at a news conference that the proposed coalition would have a total of 313 seats in the House of Representatives, a solid majority of its 500 members.