Former leader Pita Limjaroenrat could be banned from politics, while prime minister Srettha Thavisin is facing the same court next week over a cabinet appointment
Thailand’s constitutional court will decide on Wednesday whether the country’s most popular party should be dissolved over its election promise to reform the country’s strict lese majesty law.
Move Forward, a youthful pro-reform party, won the most votes in the 2023 election after pledging major changes to the country’s political system, including to amend a law punishes criticism of the monarchy with up to 15 years in prison on a single charge. However, the party and its leader were blocked from taking power by military royalist opponents, and have since faced legal cases.
