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Move Forward dissolved by court on attempted rule-undermining charges

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MOVE FORWARD was today (Aug. 7) dissolved at the order of the Constitutional Court for violating the lese majeste law by openly making campaign-promised moves deemed by court as tantamount to undermining rule of the country, thus putting an end to the four-year-old reformist party. The Constitutional Court judges

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Certain parties trying to buy out Move Forward MPs with money, positions: Pita

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters CERTAIN PARTIES HAVE desperately attempted to recruit some Move Forward MPs with money and positions in the wake of a possible dissolution of their reformist party, said former Move Forward leader/current Move Forward MP Pita Limjaroenrat today (Aug 7). Without naming names, Pita said some persons closely connected with some

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Chinese-made goods to flood Thai markets under digital wallet scheme: Move Forward

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters VARIETIES OF CHEAP, Chinese-made merchandise will likely flood Thailand’s domestic markets under the vote-wooing, Pheu Thai-initiated digital wallet project, Move Forward leader Chaithawat Tulathon concluded today (June 19). During the first day of a marathon floor debate in the House of Representatives, the Move Forward leader-cum-Opposition leader took the Pheu

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No more ‘bananas’ for potential Move Forward defectors: Thammanat

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH Secretary-General Thammanat Prompao today (Mar. 25) categorically denied allegations that his coalition party might possibly tempt potential Move Forward defectors with payoff in cash. Thammanat who concurrently performs as agriculture & cooperatives minister told reporters no more “bananas” will be handed out by the Palang Pracharath to any

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Chaithawat downplays hearsay of Move Forward MPs jumping ship over dissolution bid

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD LEADER Chaithawat Tulathon today (Mar. 13) downplayed rumours some of his MPs are quietly looking to leave his progressive camp for a conservative one in the wake of a possible dissolution of his own. Chaithawat was responding to the unconfirmed hearsay that an unspecified number of elected lawmakers

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Election Commission launches Move Forward dissolution bid

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION today (Mar. 12) unanimously resolved to have the Move Forward dissolved by court on grounds of allegedly breaching the draconian lese majeste law. The polling agency’s members made the unanimous decision to file a partisan dissolution lawsuit with the Constitutional Court against the Move Forward for allegedly

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Patcharawat grilled over repeated absence from weekly House meeting

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT Minister Patcharawat Wongsuwan was yesterday (Feb 29) grilled on the House floor for his repeated failure to attend a weekly interpellation at parliament. During yesterday’s House interpellation session, Move Forward MP Chutipong Pipoppinyo produced a poster featuring a portrait of the natural resources & environment minister

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Move Forward refutes anti-monarchy accusations

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD LEADER Chaithawat Tulathon today (Jan.31) categorically denied that his partisan colleagues had looked to amend the lese majeste law with alleged intent to undermine the monarchy as otherwise accused in court. The Move Forward leader was responding to the Constitutional Court’s ruling delivered hours earlier against a sustained

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Vote against Pita led to Pornthip being turned away from Iceland restaurant: Chaithawat

  MOVE FORWARD leader Chaithawat Tulathon today (Oct. 1) said the root cause of Senator Khunying Pornthip Rojanasunan being told to leave a restaurant in Reykjavík, Iceland, by its Thai owner is the anger felt by many people over senators blocking the party’s former leader and current advisory chairman Pita Limjaroenrat from becoming prime minister,

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Padipat ‘technically’ ousted from Move Forward as new opposition leader moves in

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY HOUSE SPEAKER Padipat Santipada was yesterday (Sep.28) “technically” ousted as a Move Forward member to give way for the naming of the newly-voted Move Forward leader Chaithawat Tulanond as opposition leader. The Move Forward executive board resolved to “technically” oust Padipat as partisan member in accordance with the constitution

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