“This is an exciting opportunity to continue my commitment to promoting leadership and democratic principles across the Asean region,” he said on Facebook yesterday (Aug 22).
During his fellowship, he will focus on two goals - “sharing” and “learning”. He said he would share his experiences in leadership, political struggles, democracy and public policy, reports the Bangkok Post.
“My work in developing the next generation of leaders at Harvard will be a rigorous exchange of political governance knowledge and interactions with global leaders, preparing me to return as a better political leader when the time is right,” he said.
Mr Pita is a former leader of the disbanded Move Forward Party. He is among its 11 executives hit with a 10-year political ban.
On Wednesday Mr Pita stated that politicians in Thailand must reform the judiciary to prevent interventions that have the country “going around in circles”, after two major rulings that dissolved his party and dismissed a prime minister.