'We're going nowhere' - Thai opposition figure says court interventions must stop

FILE PHOTO: Former Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat waves as he walks on the day Thailand's Constitutional Court delivers its verdict on a case seeking the dissolution of the opposite group over its call for lese-majeste reform, in Bangkok, Thailand, August 7, 2024. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/File Photo

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Politicians in Thailand must reform the judiciary to prevent interventions that have the country "going around in circles", a recently banned opposition figurehead said, after two big rulings that dissolved his party and dismissed a prime minister.

Pita Limjaroenrat, whose now defunct Move Forward Party was blocked from forming a government last year, said a 10-year political ban would not weaken his resolve to lead Thailand and start major reforms, including stopping independent institutions from being politicised.