Progressive chief shrugs off Thaksin’s ‘landslide’ prediction

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Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit convinced that the People’s Party will win the party’s majority in 2027.

PUBLISHED: 27 Aug 2024 at 17: 49

Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit addresses a forum celebrating the 50th year of the Thammasat University Student Union on March 9, 2024. (Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)
On March 9, 2024, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit addresses a forum holding the 50th anniversary of the Thammasat University Student State. ( Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul )

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra boasted that the Pheu Thai Party would win the next vote by a disaster, but Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, the head of the Progressive Movement, shrugged off the talk.

Mr. Thanathorn expressed his confidence in the success of the People’s Party ( PP ), the most recent iteration of the Future Forward Party he helped found five years ago. &nbsp,

In the 2023 vote, Pheu Thai asked citizens to provide it a flood so that it could force its guidelines through. In the end, it came next to the Move Forward Party, the now-dissolved president of the PP. After Move Forward’s unsuccessful attempt to secure sufficient help, Pheu Thai was able to shape a partnership.

Walk Forward was disbanded as a result of its opposition to changing the lese-majeste rules. An unnamed applicant is currently following Pheu Thai as she demands that the Election Commission look into possible violations that could result in its court-ordered breakdown.

Mr. Thanathorn criticized the idea of repeatedly dissolving events and the Constitutional Court’s excess in general. According to him, the individuals should choose the group they want to lead the nation.

He likewise declined to comment on speculations that the 25-MP Democrat Party, today in opposition, may join the alliance.

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra did decide which events to include in or remove from the alliance, he said, adding that if the democrats did fault, it would not diminish the opponent’s security.

In a related development, Pakornwut Udompipatskul, a list-MP for the Women’s Party and speaking president of the criticism coordination council, said the group has now been officially recognised.

The Election Commission instructed the House of Representatives Secretariat to release the information and status of the MPs from the now-defunct Move Forward Party to reveal their fresh PP enrollment status, he claimed.

After the authorities presents its guidelines to the congress, Mr. Pakornwut said, the proper procedure for appointing PP innovator Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut will begin.