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Thai court dissolves progressive Move Forward Party, which won election but was blocked from power
Supporters of the Move Forward Party at the party headquarters after the Constitutional Court ordered the dissolution of the party in Bangkok, Thailand, August 7, 2024
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A COURT in Thailand ordered the dissolution of the progressive Move Forward Party, which finished first in last year’s general election, saying it violated the constitution by proposing an amendment of a law against defaming the country’s royal family.
The Constitutional Court said today that it voted unanimously to dissolve the party because its campaign proposal to amend the law amounted to an attempt to overthrow the nation’s constitutional monarchy.
The Move Forward Party was unable to form a government after topping the polls because members of the Senate, at that time a conservative military-appointed body, refused to endorse its candidate for prime minister.
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