Former Transfer Ahead Get together chief Pita Limjaroenrat (heart) shakes fingers along with his supporters on the Transfer Ahead Get together headquarters in Bangkok. | Picture credit score: AP
Thailand's hottest politician, Pita Limjaroenrat, was banned from politics for 10 years on Wednesday and his celebration dissolved over his makes an attempt to reform the dominion's outdated royal defamation legal guidelines. The nation has been mired in cyclical political crises since a navy coup in 2006.
The Constitutional Courtroom stated it voted unanimously to dissolve the celebration as a result of its marketing campaign proposal to alter the legislation amounted to an try to overthrow the nation's constitutional monarchy.
The Transfer Ahead Get together was unable to type a authorities after topping the polls as a result of members of the Senate, then a conservative, military-appointed physique, refused to approve their candidate for prime minister assist.
Right here's a have a look at the turbulent 20 years that led to the Constitutional Courtroom's essential determination.
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