Thailand’s Constitutional Court yesterday accepted a petition seeking the disbanding of the opposition Move Forward Party (MFP), in connection with the party’s pledge to amend the country’s severe lese-majeste law. The court said that it agreed to take on a complaint filed by the Election Commission on March 12. The complaint requested that it disband … Read more
Pita Limjaroenrat is a Member of Parliament of Thailand. He led the Move Forward Party (MFP) into Thailand’s May 2023 election, in which the MFP won the most votes and most seats in the lower house of Thailand’s legislature. However, in Parliament’s votes on who would lead Thailand’s post-coup government, Pita failed to secure enough … Read more
Thailand’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that the progressive Move Forward Party must cease advocating for amending the law on royal defamation – a decision that leaves the party vulnerable to being dissolved. The court’s nine judges deemed it unconstitutional to advocate a change in Article 112 in the country’s Criminal Code – also known as … Read more
Pita Limjaroenrat, the former leader of Thailand’s Move Forward Party (MFP), has been found not guilty of violating the country’s election law, allowing him to be reinstated to Parliament. In a long-anticipated ruling yesterday, the Constitutional Court ruled by eight votes to one that Pita had not broken rules banning candidates for public office from … Read more
ASEAN Beat | Politics | Southeast Asia Pita Limjaroenrat has been suspended from his duties as a member of Parliament pending a court ruling on whether he violated election law. Advertisement The embattled head of the Move Forward Party, which finished first in Thailand’s general election in May but was denied power by Parliament, announced his resignation on Friday … Read more
Advertisement Thailand’s Constitutional Court has refused to accept a petition from the progressive Move Forward Party (MFP), requesting that it rule on the constitutionality of a July 19 parliamentary vote that prevented the party’s leader Pita Limjaroenrat from renominating himself as prime minister. In a unanimous decision announced yesterday, the court said that it had … Read more
ASEAN Beat | Politics | Southeast Asia The decision will make the party more reliant on the support of the military-backed parties whose dominance it has long opposed. Pheu Thai Party candidates Srettha Thavisin (right) and Paetongtarn Shinawatra (center) take part in an election campaign event on April 5, 2023. Credit: Facebook/Ing Shinawatra Advertisement Thailand’s Move Forward Party (MFP) … Read more
ASEAN Beat | Politics | Southeast Asia The vote has been postponed until after the Constitutional Court rules on an appeal by the Move Forward Party against lawmakers’ decision to block its leader from being renominated as prime minister. Lawmakers gather during a meeting at the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit Advertisement … Read more
Advertisement Nearly three months after winning Thailand’s general election, the progressive Move Forward Party (MFP) has been excluded from the coalition aiming to form the country’s next government, due to conservative opposition to its policies. Chonlanan Srikaew of the Pheu Thai Party (PTP), the MFP’s erstwhile coalition partner, told a news conference yesterday that the … Read more
ASEAN Beat | Politics | Southeast Asia The two houses of Parliament were due to convene on July 27, but will now await a Constitutional Court ruling questioning the blocked renomination of MFP leader Pita Limjaroenrat. A statue of King Prajadhipok in front of the Thai Parliament building in Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: Depositphotos Advertisement The speaker of Thailand’s Parliament … Read more