New party expected to be unveiled on Friday with MFP deputy president Sirikanya Tansakun in the hands of
PUBLISHED: 7 Aug 2024 at 18: 55
MPs from the dissolved Move Forward Party ( MFP ) will move to their “new home” on Friday, according to Sirikanya Tansakun, who is tipped to lead the new party.
Ms Sirikanya, the deputy chief of Move Forward, is not among the 11 party executives who were banned from politics for 10 times by the Constitutional Court on Wednesday.
She spoke with the party’s executives about their views on the judgement and their future plans at a press conference held at celebration headquarters in Bangkok’s Hua Mak area.
The 142 remaining MPs from the major opposition group, according to Ms. Sirikanya, were confident that they would all resign.
Pita Limjaroenrat, the deputy director, made an upbeat effort to placate angry backers.
” I will remain in elections as a citizen”, he said in response to his restrictions. ” I’m not going anywhere. We wo n’t let that depress you, though I am aware that you might be angry or disappointed. We’ll profit on the next poll”.
According to Mr. Pita, the group did not “antagonize the democratic monarchy,” as the judge had alleged, and its lawmakers will launch a new party this week.
” We have no intention of treachery, rebellion or separating the king from the state”, he said.
Leader Chaithawat Tulathon, who has also been expelled, claimed that the court’s ruling had a dangerous precedent for how the law is interpreted.
Pannika Wanich, a former Future Forward MP and spokesperson for the Progressive Movement, said:” They ( the judges ) do n’t realise that the people who have the power to make these decisions are not them. They fail to realize that this nation’s citizens are the people’s greatest strength.