{"id":55080,"date":"2023-05-13T20:24:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T11:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/may\/13\/pita-limjaroenrat-thailand-pm-hopeful-embraced-by-young-voters-desperate-for-change"},"modified":"2023-05-13T20:24:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T11:24:50","slug":"pita-limjaroenrat-thailand-pm-hopeful-embraced-by-young-voters-desperate-for-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=55080","title":{"rendered":"Pita Limjaroenrat: Thailand PM hopeful embraced by young voters desperate for change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Harvard grad\u2019s Move Forward party\u2019s promises of greater personal and political freedom and an end to the military\u2019s grip on politics chime with a younger generation<\/p>\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/may\/08\/a-new-mother-a-harvard-grad-and-a-coup-leader-who-are-thailands-election-candidates\">Pita Limjaroenrat took to the stage for his final big campaign event<\/a> ahead of Thailand\u2019s election, the cheers and screams were deafeningly loud. \u201cOur time has come,\u201d he told crowds of mostly young supporters in a packed stadium in Bangkok.<\/p>\n<p>Pita\u2019s Move Forwards party has built a large and loyal support base among young Thais who are fed up with the political status quo. At rallies, he is met with long lines of students and young people queueing for selfies. On TikTok, fans post images of themselves with a special filter that displays his face smiling and lurking in the background.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/may\/13\/pita-limjaroenrat-thailand-pm-hopeful-embraced-by-young-voters-desperate-for-change\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvard grad\u2019s Move Forward party\u2019s promises of greater personal and political freedom and an end to the military\u2019s grip on politics chime with a younger generationWhen Pita Limjaroenrat took to the stage for his final big campaign event ahead of Thail&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":888,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,93,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-thailand","category-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/888"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55080"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55094,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55080\/revisions\/55094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}