BANGKOK: Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday (Jul 3) set Jul 17 as the next hearing date for a case seeking the dissolution of the popular opposition Move Forward party, which has 30 pe
The case against the party stems from an election commission petition to disband Move Forward over its campaign to amend the royal insult law, also known as lese majeste, which carries penalties of up to 15 years in jail for each perceived insult against the monarchy.The court ordered the party to stop the campaign and did not call for any further punishment then.
Move Forward won the most votes in last year's general election on an anti-establishment platform, but the party was blocked from forming a government by conservative lawmakers and senators allied with the royalist military.
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