Move Forward Party (MFP)

If disbanded over its pledge to reform the country's "sacred" institution, the Move Forward Party will simply re-emerge in new form.

The opposition Move Forward Party seems almost certain to meet the same fate as its predecessor, Future Forward.

The 25-year jail term came just days after the Election Commission ordered the disbanding of a major opposition party for advocating the reform of the lese-majeste law.

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

Yingluck, who served as prime minister from 2011 to 2014, is benefiting from the reconciliation between the Pheu Thai Party and the country's conservative establishment.

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

As controversy over his parole simmers, attention turns to what influence the controversial former leader will have over Thai politics.

In an interview, the opposition MP discusses his political future and the way forward for Thailand.

The detained former PM's persecution and rehabilitation have both reflected the use of the country's administrative and legal system for political ends.

Thaksin Shinawatra's name is on a list of 930 elderly inmates, who have been approved for parole due to ill health.

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.

The Constitutional Court deemed it unconstitutional to advocate a change in the country’s lese majeste law. That is a central plank of Move Forward’s platform.