According to newly elected party leader Chaithawat Tulathon, the Move Forward Party ( MFP) is determined to form a government in the upcoming elections and is also working to increase its membership and supporter base.
Mr. Chaithawat, who previously held the position of party secretary-general before taking on his new position, stated in an interview with the Bangkok Post that he wasn’t afraid of the government’s great expectations.
According to Mr. Chaithawat,” I have to rise to the challenge and labor harder to respond to society’s calling.”
He refuted assertions that he would be chosen as the MFP’s nominee for prime minister in the upcoming elections, claiming that another party people are more qualified for the position.
Mr. Chaithawat, the new party leader, stated that he must make sure that all party Members and members are aware of the group’s approaches and objectives.
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The MFP may play a proactive role in keeping the government in check as the major opposition party and push for important legislative costs and transformation goals in parliament.
The MFP’s primary objective as a strategic opposition party is not to overthrow the government.
After the next vote, it is our top priority to get ready to take office. We will continue to advance the group’s main objectives in the interim, according to Mr. Chaithawat.
He claimed that in order to increase the party’s membership, it is aiming to become an even more democratic political institution by allowing its members and the general public to take part in domestic decision-making.
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” We hope to have 100,000 members by the end of this year or the beginning of the following month. However, he added,” We are not just concentrating on numbers; we are also enhancing our hiring practices.
District-level group boards may be established as the primary means of screening candidates for both local and federal elections.
According to Mr. Chaithawat, all council members will be chosen, and the party hopes to appoint 400 district-level committees by the beginning of the following year.
The group must continue to support the districts it won in the May 14 election in addition to growing its help center.
He stated,” We need to reclaim the districts we lost in the poll.
According to Mr. Chaithawat, the group may field candidates in every election as part of its decentralization commitment.
” We are promoting decentralization by emphasizing regional government.” Native group members may be given a more active role in the group.
According to Mr. Chaithawat,” this will be a chance for the party to find worthy individuals, which will help strengthen it from the local level.”
To demonstrate that its guidelines may be implemented, the MFP needs to put in more effort.
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According to Mr. Chaithawat, the party’s overall focus is on achieving its objective of establishing a state and advancing the changes it had promised.
He declared,” We are convinced that we can accomplish it.”
” From this point forward, we must focus on developing our staff and enhancing our capabilities.” We need to create plans that are simple to understand and include more useful specifics.
We won’t provide tube goals. We’ll set reasonable and doable objectives. We anticipate winning at least 200 House votes in the upcoming elections, according to Mr. Chaithawat.
In the May 14 vote, the MFP received 151 seats in the House and received the most votes, totaling 14.4 million.
But, it ended up in the opposition alliance because Pheu Thai, the runner-up, was able to gather sufficient support to form a coalition government.
When asked if the alliance led by Pheu Thai will be able to finish its four-year expression, Mr. Chaithawat responded that he thought it would be difficult.
Additionally, he reportedly gave MFP members instructions to prepare for a two-year state change.
Within two years, we may get ready to form a government. I think it’s likely that this state won’t last all the way through, he said.
The group must work hard to respond to any circumstance, he said, as MFP’s competitors work tirelessly to prevent the group at every turn.
More people are calling for change now, which is in line with what the MFP supports. We never be defeated if we can listen to the people. But in order to accomplish this, we must even continuously better ourselves, he said.
Mr. Chaithawat reaffirmed the party’s position that a new law must be drafted and that the writing assemblage, whose members are elected, may put up the new charter.
According to him, the MFP will likewise push for a vote on the new constitution’s draft.
He asserted that unless the government complies with MFP’s principles, the party did not participate in a government panel to look into whether or not to amend the constitution.
The Constitutional Court ruled in 2021 that any endeavor to amend the constitution may be approved by the general public.
Another may be held on the material itself if the move is approved by the general public.