Future Forward Party

The head of the disbanded Future Forward Party criticized the government for contracting a royal-owned firm to supply COVID-19 vaccines.

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit had criticized a COVID-19 vaccine procurement deal involving a company owned by the Thai king.

"It’s not a matter of whether or not the existing power structures start to give way: it’s just a question of when."

The dissolution of the progressive Future Forward Party helped spur the current protests. Now media reports say party leaders face new charges.

Young Thais are becoming increasingly fed up with the stifling consensus and repeated military interventions in the country's politics.

Beyond the headlines, what do the current protests tell us about the country’s present and future?

Thailand's Constitutional Court has ordered the popular opposition Future Forward Party dissolved,

Thanathorn’s removal foreshadows a sinister dismantling of opposition using a façade of checks and balances.

Thanathorn of the Future Forward Party has long been a thorn in the side of Thailand’s royalist-military ruling class.

While Thailand’s coup leader remains premier, the polls unleashed new democratic sentiments that the regime now struggles to silence.