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An irreparable break-up?
News, Published on 17/02/2024
» Several stalwarts of the main opposition Move Forward Party (MFP) say the same thing — being judged to have plotted to subvert the constitutional monarchy will only galvanise the party further.
Bhumjaithai teeters on the brink
News, Published on 17/02/2024
» Bhumjaithai, the third-largest party in parliament with 71 MPs, is in danger of being dissolved after former secretary-general Saksayam Chidchob was found guilty of concealing assets and using a nominee to hide ownership of a company that won government construction projects.
What about us?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/02/2024
» Re: "Govt working on visa-free travel deal", (BP, Feb 13).
Move Forward, Pita down but not out
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 10/02/2024
» With a court sentence that handed Move Forward Party (MFP) MP Pita Limjaroenrat a suspended jail term for his role in a flash mob in 2019, the power games between the old powers and the left-leaning party have intensified to another level.
Move Forward: Pita's PM candidacy intact
Post Reporters, Published on 06/02/2024
» The prime ministerial candidacy of Pita Limjaroenrat, chief adviser to the Move Forward Party, will remain intact even though he is facing a jail sentence, according to a spokesman for the main opposition party.
Pita now ineligible to be PM, according to academic
Published on 06/02/2024
» Move Forward Party prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat is disqualified from the premiership after a court gave him a suspended jail sentence for his role in a flash mob protest in Bangkok in 2019, according to a prominent law academic.
Suspended jail terms for Pita, Thanathorn over flash mob
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 05/02/2024
» Pathumwan District Court on Monday sentenced Pita Limjaroenrat, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and six others each to four months in prison, suspended for two years, over a flash mob protest in Pathumwan district in 2019.
Petition seeking Move Forward dissolution ready
Published on 31/01/2024
» Petitioner Ruangkrai Leekitwattana says he is preparing to go to the Election Commission on Thursday to seek the dissolution of the Move Forward Party.
MFP ordered to drop plans to amend lese-majeste law
Published on 31/01/2024
» The Constitutional Court has ordered the Move Forward Party to cease all attempts to amend the lese-majeste law, saying that campaigning on the issue is considered an attempt to overthrow the constitutional monarchy.
Pita survives to fight another day
Published on 29/01/2024
» Academics and political activists believe the Move Forward Party (MFP) will emerge stronger and proceed to win the next election after key party figure Pita Limjaroenrat survived a media shareholding case against him last week.