BANGKOK, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday ordered the dissolution of the anti-establishment opposition party Move Forward, ruling its campaign to amend a law that protects the monarchy from criticism risked undermining the democratic system. The disbanding of Move Forward, which won most seats in the 2023 election, is the latest setback for Thailand’s major political parties, which are embroiled in a two-decade battle for power against a nexus of influential conservatives, old money families and the royalist military.

  • RandAlThor@lemmy.caOP
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    3 months ago

    They are freaking crazy. This court doesn’t understand “democracy” if they think advocating for a law change is anti-democratic.

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      3 months ago

      They understand democracy alright. They just don’t like it. They’re a part of a repressive system that does anything in its power to prevent the will of the Thai people from being enacted.