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
Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) has taken another step toward the disbanding of the Move Forward Party (MFP), which finished first in last year’s general election on a progressive platform. In a decision yesterday, the Commission said that it would ask the Constitutional Court to dissolve the MFP, because of its campaign promise to amend Article … Read more
A Thai ultra-royalist lawyer has lodged a petition seeking the dissolution of the country’s progressive Move Forward Party (MFP), over its plan to amend the country’s harsh lese-majeste law. Ruangkrai Leekitwattana, a former senator and “serial petitioner” with a track record of initiating legal campaigns against opposition politicians, filed the petition with the country’s election … 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
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 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
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
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha arrives to cast his vote during a general election at a polling station in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 14, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File Advertisement In a span of hours yesterday, two events shook Thailand’s political landscape. First, after more than nine years in power, Thai Prime Minister Prayut … Read more
ASEAN Beat | Politics | Southeast Asia The announcement comes just a day before Parliament is set to convene and vote to select the country’s next prime minister. Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader of Thailand’s Move Forward Party, greets supporters in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand, June 27, 2023. Credit: Facebook/Pita Limjaroenrat – พิธา ลิ้มเจริญรัตน์ Advertisement Thailand’s state Election Commission said … Read more