Tag: Move Forward Party

Forty Thailand senators seek PM Srettha Thavisin’s dismissal over Cabinet appointment

May 17, 2024 admin

A general view of Thailand Senate. (File photo used for representational purpose only.) | Photo Credit: Reuters Forty caretaker senators on May 17 petitioned Thailand’s Constitutional Court to dismiss Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin over a Cabinet appointment which they say breaches the constitution. The senators object to the appointment of Pichit Chuenban, a former lawyer,…

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Thailand’s poll body to seek dissolution of Move Forward party

March 12, 2024 admin

A file photo of Pita Limjaroenrat, former leader of Thailand’s Move Forward party | Photo Credit: AP Thailand’s Election Commission on Tuesday said it will seek the dissolution of the progressive Move Forward party, which won last year’s general election after a court ruled that the party’s proposal to amend a royal anti-defamation law was…

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Blocked Thailand PM challenger Pita Limjaroenrat resigns as party leader

September 15, 2023 admin

Pita Limjaroenrat. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Pita Limjaroenrat, whose reformist party won the most seats at Thailand’s national elections in May, resigned as its leader on September 15. The young challenger led the Move Forward Party (MFP) to the top spot in the polls, capitalising on a swell of voters furious at a near-decade…

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