Episode #1

How Pita Limjaroenrat Took On Political Manipulation in Thailand

How could the party that won the most votes and seats and helped boot a coup leader from office face court-ordered dissolution just one year later? Pita Limjaroenrat changed the face of Thailand’s politics by leading his Move Forward Party to a huge win in 2023 parliamentary elections. But he was blocked from the prime ministership, hauled through the courts, and may now face the imminent dissolution of his party and a personal ban from politics.

Pita tells us how he won, how he perseveres, and what aspiring politicos everywhere can learn from Thailand about campaign tactics, voter targeting, social media, and how to win against the odds.

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Episode #1

How Pita Limjaroenrat Took On Political Manipulation in Thailand

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Pita Limjaroenrat

Pita, a Thai businessman and politician, is the former Leader of the Move Forward Party, the successor to the dissolved Future Forward Party, which won the most votes and seats in Thailand’s 2023 parliamentary election.

Pita formed a coalition with other pro-democracy parties to be elected Prime Minister of Thailand but was blocked by the military-dominated Senate, Thailand’s legislative upper house, and has since faced an array of court cases that have sought to suspend him as an MP, ban him from politics, and dissolve Move Forward. Pita remains an MP and active in the party as senior advisor to its current leader.

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Evan: It's Politics Possible, a podcast about the unconventional forces and technologies reshaping conventional politics, and acall to action for young politicians, entrepreneurs, and tech whizzes to fightfor a better future. I'm Evan Feigenbaum, a former American diplomat whoadvised two Secretaries of State and a former Secretary of the Treasury.

Alena: And I'm Alena Popova, a Russian opposition politician and women's rights activist. I ran for office and was oppressed, surveilled, and repeatedly detained by Vladimir Putin's regime. I've worked in politics, technology, law, and civic action.

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