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Thai election authorities seek to dissolve poll-winning Move Forward Party

Supporters of the Move Forward Party gather at Democracy Monument during a protest in Bangkok, Thailand, on July 19, 2023 [Wason Wanichakorn/AP Photo]

Thailand’s election commission has taken action aimed at disbanding the Move Forward Party (MFP), a reformist party that finished first in last year’s election on a progressive platform.

The polling body said on Tuesday that it would ask the constitutional court to dissolve the MFP, whose campaign include a promise to change strict laws against insulting the country’s royals that outraged Thailand’s conservative elite.

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