Move Forward won the most seats in last year’s election - but was blocked from forming a government.
A Thai court has ordered the dissolution of the reformist party which won the most seats and votes in last year’s election - but was blocked from forming a government.
The ruling also banned Move Forward's charismatic, young former leader Pita Limjaroenrat and 10 other senior figures from politics for 10 years.
The verdict from the Constitutional Court was expected, after its ruling in January that Move Forward’s campaign promise to change royal defamation laws was unconstitutional.
Yeah we had a vote and you won but the royals didnt like the result so yeah, turns out voting is just a joke we made up so we can make you feel worthless.
It's more likely that the military is behind this call. Thailand may be a monarchy but the monarch is not strictly speaking in charge as far as I know.
I'm from Thailand. This is not the end. The Move Forward is already a rebrand of previous Future Forward party that was also dissolved and all of the old fucks clinging to power are sure to lose it in the next election cycle. The next iteration will get even more votes!
Taiwan’s minority ruling party DPP (40% votes in both president and parliament after 8 years’ corruptions) is doing the same thing. DPP is using all the grand justices replaced and appointed by DPP in the past 8 years to veto the parliamentary reform bill. If the minority party does not accept bills revised and passed by majority parties (KMT and TPP), then what is the use of elections? In addition, Taiwan has no royal family to consider.