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Former leader of the Move Forward Party, Pita Limjaroenrat, center, leaves from the Constitutional Court that ordered the dissolution of the party in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Chatkla Samnaingjam)

Thai court dissolves progressive Move Forward Party, which won election but failed to take power

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Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra greets his supporters as he arrives at Don Muang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Thailand's king granted former prime minister Thaksin a pardon and reduced his eight-year prison sentence to one year, just over a week after the business tycoon-turned-politician returned from 15 years of self-imposed exile. The pardon granted by King Maha Vajiralongkorn was published Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, in the Royal Gazette, making it effective immediately. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn, file)

A long, strange week in Bangkok caps a long, strange odyssey for Thailand’s Thaksin

By Richard S. Ehrlich

Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of Move Forward Party, speaks to media as he announces the victory in Sunday's general election at the party's headquarters in Bangkok on May 15, 2023. Thailand’s Constitutional Court cleared the way Wednesday, Aug. 16, for Parliament to vote for a new prime minister more than three months after national elections by declining to rule on a complaint over the rejection of the winning party's leader, Pita. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn, File)

Reformer out, military back in as Thailand moves to break governing impasse

By Richard S. Ehrlich – Special to The Washington Times - The Washington Times

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra welcomes his guests for the wedding of his youngest daughter Paetongtarn "Ing" Shinawatra at a hotel in Hong Kong on March 22, 2019. Thaksin attended a birthday party for outgoing Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh, according to video posted online Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023, a day after Thaksin said he would delay plans to return to Thailand following years of self-imposed exile. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra seen in video at Cambodian leader’s birthday party

By Sopheng Cheang and Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Lawmakers gather during a meeting at the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. A parliamentary vote to select Thailand’s new prime minister expected on Friday, Aug. 4, was delayed again after a court put off a decision in a case involving the progressive party that won May's election, adding to growing uncertainty about when a new government can take office. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Selection of Thailand’s new prime minister delayed again, to await court decision on election winner

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Leader of Pheu Thai party Chonlanan Srikaew speaks during a news conference at Pheu Thai Party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. Move Forward Party that won the most seats in May's general election will not be part of the coalition to form the next government amid strong opposition from conservative lawmakers over its proposed reform of laws surrounding the country's monarchy, its former coalition partner said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Progressive Thai party that won May election is excluded from coalition to form the next government

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Pita Limjaroenrat, center, the leader of Move Forward Party and top winner in the May's general election, gestures after the vote counting at the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Pita, whose Move Forward Party ran first in Thailand's May 14 general election, was nominated to be prime minister at a joint session of Parliament's Upper and Lower House on Thursday, but failed to attain the majority vote needed to win the job, necessitating a new round of voting expected next week. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Reformist Thai party, thwarted from forming new government, seeks law change to limit Senate’s power

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Leader of Move Forward Party Pita Limjaroenrat, center, answers a question from a reporter after signing a memorandum of understanding on attempt to form a coalition government between Move Forward Party and other parties during a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 22, 2023. Move Forward won the most seats in the May 14 election, and it has formed a coalition that seeks to become the government when Parliament selects a prime minister in July. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand’s road back to democratic rule faces key test

By Richard S. Ehrlich

Leader of Move Forward Party Pita Limjaroenrat, left, waves after signing a memorandum of understanding on attempt to form a coalition government between Move Forward Party and other parties during a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 22, 2023. Move Forward won the most seats in the May 14 election, and it has formed a coalition that seeks to become the government when Parliament selects a prime minister in July. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Legal case clouds Thai path back to civilian rule

By Richard S. Ehrlich

Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit speaks during a press conference after a Thai court ordered to dissolved his political party in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Thailand's Constitutional Court on Friday ordered the popular opposition Future Forward Party dissolved, declaring that it violated election law by accepting a loan from its leader. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Thai polls body seeks criminal charges against politician

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Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit sits to watch a live television broadcast of a court verdict on whether to dissolute his party at their party's headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Thailand's Constitutional Court on Friday ordered the popular opposition Future Forward Party dissolved, declaring that it violated election law by accepting a loan from its leader. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Court in Thailand orders popular opposition party dissolved

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2019, file photo, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, center, leader of the anti-military Future Forward Party is surrounded by his supporters on his arrival at Constitutional Court in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's Constitutional Court on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, acquitted the country's third-biggest political party of seeking the overthrow of the country's constitutional monarchy. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

Thai court acquits opposition party of sedition charge

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON and GRANT PECK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2019, file photo, Thailand's Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit talks to his supporters during rally in Bangkok, Thailand. A statement from Thailand's Constitutional Court says it will rule on a sedition case against the popular Future Forward Party that links it to what conspiracy theorists call the Illuminati, which they claim secretly seeks world domination. (AP Photo, File)

Thai court to rule on case linking opposition to Illuminati

By BUSABA SIVASOMBOON - Associated Press

Thailand's Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit talks to his supporters during rally in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. Several thousand supporters of a popular Thai political party, under threat of dissolution, packed a concourse in central Bangkok on Saturday in one of the largest political demonstrations in recent years.(AP Photo/Str)

Supporters of embattled Thai opposition party hold big rally

By JERRY HARMER - Associated Press

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the anti-military Future Forward Party, gestures as he arrive at the Constitutional Court in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. Thanathorn is expected to receive a verdict whether he is eligible to remain as a member of the parliament due to an accusation of owning media shares a violation of the Thai constitution. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Thai court removes pro-democracy politician from Parliament

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and GRANT PECK - Associated Press