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MFP: Coalition partners ‘don’t have to back 112 changes’

Move Forward Party deputy leader Sirikanya Tansakun gives a thumbs-up as she meets with supporters at a campaign rally in Kanchanaburi on May 10. (Photo: @MFPThailand Twitter)

The Move Forward Party (MFP) said on Friday that its coalition partners need not support its controversial stance on amending the royal defamation law, as it seeks to win backing to form a government.

“If parties agree with us on 112, then we are ready to include it in the agreement, but it is not a condition for joining the government,” deputy leader Sirikanya Tansakun said on a morning talk show, referring to Section 112 of the Criminal Code, the lese-majeste law.

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