“He wanted to rewrite the constitution and pledged to bring Thailand out of what he called a "lost decade" under a military regime.” -- BBC

In 2023, Pita emerged as the face of Thailand’s new generation of politics and led his party to a historic election victory, winning the largest share of seats in Parliament promising reform and democratization. However, he was soon banned by the military-appointed Senate from any political activity for ten years.

He will never be the 30th prime minister of Thailand, but only "the leader who never quite reached the Prime Minister’s Office", or a figure now remembered as The Almost Prime Minister.

He decides to write all down in his new book, which is not a typical memoir but a chronicle of a moment when Thailand nearly rewrote its history. THE ALMOST PRIME MINISTER captures the battles the Thai people and Pita lived through together. From the thrill of reshaping Parliament to the heartbreak of seeing a party dissolved, Pita remains hopeful ...

“I know this road has left many tired and disappointed,” Pita writes, “but one thing we have never lost is hope.”

The response has been remarkable: the book created immediate buzz, selling over 10,000 copies in just three weeks and is already in its 12th printing.