Overview

• Thailand's Constitutional Court has accepted a case seeking the dissolution of the opposition Move Forward Party, alleging it violated the constitution by proposing to amend the royal insult law.
• The court's decision follows a pattern of judicial intervention in Thai politics, with the Move Forward Party's predecessor, the Future Forward Party, dissolved in 2020 over election law violations.
• The Move Forward Party, which won the most seats in the 2023 election, has been under legal attack, including a suspension of its former leader from Parliament.
• If dissolved, executive members of the Move Forward Party could face a 10-year ban on political activity, continuing the struggle between progressive movements and conservative forces in Thailand.
• The party's efforts to amend the royal insult law and introduce other democratic reforms have been met with opposition from the military-installed Senate, blocking its pathway to forming a government.