The Constitutional Court ruled to dissolve the Move Forward Party, revoking the executive committee’s rights for 10 years.

The Constitutional Court unanimously ruled to dissolve the Move Forward Party and revoke the rights of the party's executive committee for 10 years. The Constitutional Court judges sat on the bench to read the verdict in the case where the Election Commission requested the Constitutional Court to consider and rule to issue an order to dissolve the Move Forward Party and revoke the right to run for election of persons who are members of the party's executive committee. They also prohibited persons who are members of the party's executive committee and whose right to run for election has been revoked from registering a new political party or becoming a member of the executive committee of a political party or participating in the establishment of a new political party within 10 years from the date the Constitutional Court issued the order, according to the Organic Act on Political Parties 2017, Section 92, paragraph two, and Section 94, paragraph two. From the evidence that is credible that the Move Forward Party has acted in a manner that overthrows the democratic regime with the King as Head of State and is in a manner that may be hostile to the democratic regime with the King as Head of State, which is a cause for the dissolution of the party according to the Political Party Act, Section 92, paragraph one (1) and (2). The facts are as shown in the Constitutional Court's ruling No. 3/2567, which stated that the proposal of the draft bill to amend the Criminal Code (No. ..) B.E. ... to revoke Section 112 of the Criminal Code, which 44 MPs of the Move Forward Party submitted to the President of the House of Representatives on March 25, 2021 and used as a policy for the 2023 election campaign, is an exercise of freedom to overthrow the democratic regime with the King as head of state, according to Section 94, paragraph one of the Constitution, and the Constitutional Court has ordered to stop such action. The Court found that the use of the institution for political gain is considered as an act that is hostile t o the government, with the intention of making the monarchy a rival to the people, with the intention of undermining and destroying the institution. Such actions fall under the characteristics of being hostile to the democratic regime with the King as Head of State. The proposal to amend the Criminal Code, Section 112, to weaken the institution by the party and MPs, including being a guarantor for the accused under Section 112, taking advantage of the institution to win the election, leading to the overthrow of the government. The dissolution of the political party must be strict. The accused violated the law. The Constitutional Court must therefore order the dissolution of the party. And the party executive committee will be revoked the right to apply for the election of the Executive Committee, Set 1 and Set 2, which is the Executive Committee, March 25, 64 to January 31, 67, for a period of 10 years from the date the court ordered the dissolution of the accused party, in line with the period according to the Organic Act on Political Parties 2017, Section 94, Paragraph 2, and is prohibited from establishing a political party or participating in the establishment of a political party within the 10-year period. Source: Thai News Agency