Thai opposition leader calls for peaceful protest vs party ban

BANGKOK - Thai opposition party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit called for a peaceful protest on Saturday after asking supporters to mobilize in the face of a possible ban on his Future Forward P

arty.

"We believe that it’s time for the people who will not tolerate anymore the NCPO regime to show themselves, to show their willingness to participate in politics," he said, referring to the name of the former junta, The National Council for Peace and Order. Police in the Bangkok district to which Thanathorn has called his followers to gather said they had not received a request for a gathering in line with a law on public meetings, but have not said they would try to block it.

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