Thailand election-winning Move Forward Party’s leader and frontrunner to become the country’s next prime minister, Pita Limjaroenrat, on Saturday (July 15) said he will withdraw his candidacy if parliament does not endorse him next week.

Thailand: Move Forward's Pita Limjaroenrat to withdraw from PM race if he loses another vote

Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters gathered again in Thailand's capital Bangkok on Thursday in mass defiance of the government which had issued a decree banning demonstrations.

Thailand protest: 1000 protesters defy sweeping crackdown

Hundreds of protesters assembled in Bangkok's democracy monument on the anniversary of the 1973 uprising. The protesters are demanding new reforms. Watch report.

Thailand protests: 21 activists have been detained, Protesters demand reforms

An international observer group said it would face limitations in judging to what extent Thailand's general election on Sunday is free and fair, partly because it was granted accreditation too late to get more than 35 monitors into the country.

Election observers say face limitations in Thailand poll

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Thailand: Move Forward's Pita Limjaroenrat to withdraw from PM race if he loses another vote

Thailand protest: 1000 protesters defy sweeping crackdown

Thailand protests: 21 activists have been detained, Protesters demand reforms

Election observers say face limitations in Thailand poll