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People’s Party leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut speaks during a press conference, announcing a new political party, in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Thailand’s disbanded Opposition Move Forward Party unveiled a new leadership and political vehicle on Friday (August 9, 2024) that will become the biggest party in Parliament, naming it People’s…
Former leader of Move Forward Party, Pita Limjaroenrat, center, shakes hands with his supporters at Move Forward Party headquarters in Bangkok. | Photo Credit: AP Thailand’s most popular politician, Pita Limjaroenrat, was banned from politics for 10 years and his party dissolved on Wednesday over his attempt to reform the kingdom’s archaic royal defamation laws. The country has been mired in cyclical…
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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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