Future Forward Party

If the MFP is disbanded, the party's political energy is almost certain to re-emerge in an alternate, and likely more radical, form.

The controversial release of the former prime minister has presented the progressive MFP with a political opportunity.

The petition was filed a day after the Constitutional Court ordered the Move Forward Party to stop advocating the reform of Thailand's harsh lese-majeste law.

With a reformist opposition gathering strength, Thai officials may see the current government as the last chance to gorge themselves at the public's expense.

Pannika Wanich, a former MP for the now-dissolved Future Forward Party, is accused of "ethical breaches" over Facebook posts she made more than a decade ago.

Piyabutr Saengkanokkul is the second former leader of the banned Future Forward Party to be charged under Section 112 of the Criminal Code.

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.