Thailand’s Upstart Democratic Forces Likely to End Junta’s Reign

Harvard-educated businessman expected to become PM Wednesday

It is beginning to appear, against the odds, that Thailand’s 42-year-old Pita Limjaroenrat, whose center-left Move Forward Party set off a political earthquake in the May 14 election, will hold his eight-party coalition together and turn enough votes in the Senate away from the military to become Thailand’s next prime minister.

Obviously, Thai politics b…