Thailand's electoral commission announced on Tuesday March 12 that it would ask the kingdom's Constitutional Court to dissolve the progressive opposition party Move Forward Party (MFP) The commission indicated in a press release that it had decided “ unanimously ” to request this dissolution, due to the campaign promise made by the party to relax the very severe legislation on lèse-majesté. The MFP upended Thailand's political order in May's legislative elections.
The breakthrough of this reformist formation has awakened old divisions in Thailand, where power remains in the hands of the economic and military elites.