Thailand's new-generation political disruptors

The meteoric rise and fall of the Future Forward Party is both a postscript and star chart of what lies in store for the country

Prominent Thai opposition figure Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit (centre) attending a pro-democracy rally in Bangkok on Sept 19, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Can a political system be changed from within? That's the question gripping Thailand these days, amid near daily protests challenging the royalist military establishment helmed by King Maha Vajiralongkorn.

"We joke among ourselves, that if we cannot reform the monarchy through Parliament, then we should have a revolution," says Ms Chonthicha Jangrew, who, at the age of 27, counts herself as an "elder" among the leaders driving the demonstrations.

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