Disbanded Move Forward plans new party

Court orders dissolution of Thai opposition group, which denies antagonising monarchy

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Thailand's disbanded Move Forward Party will form a new party this week, its leaders said on Aug 7, adding that it did not antagonise the constitutional monarchy as described in a court ruling that ordered the party's dissolution.

Thailand's Constitutional Court on Aug 7 ordered the dissolution of Move Forward, ruling that its campaign to amend a law that protects the monarchy from criticism risked undermining the democratic system.

Hours after the decision, leader Chaithawat Tulathon told a media conference that the court ruling had set a dangerous precedent for the way the Constitution is interpreted.

Leaders of the party announced that the surviving 143 lawmakers would regroup and form a new party on Aug 9, as they did in 2020, when predecessor Future Forward was dissolved over a campaign funding violation.