Move Forward Party พรรคก้าวไกล | |
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Abbreviation | MFP |
Leader | Pita Limjaroenrat (2020-2023) Chaithawat Tulathon (2023-2024)[1] |
Secretary-General | Apichat Sirisunthon[2] |
Founded | 1 May 2014[3] (Ruam Pattana Chart Thai Party) 19 January 2019 (Phung Luang Party) 7 December 2019 (Ruam Pattana Chart Thai Party) 19 January 2020 (Move Forward Party) |
Banned | 7 August 2024[4][5] |
Preceded by | Future Forward Party (de facto)[6] |
Succeeded by | People's Party (de facto) |
Headquarters | 167 Future Forward Building Bang Kapi, Bangkok, Thailand |
Think tank | Think Forward Center[7] |
Ideology | Social democracy[10] Progressivism[14] |
Political position | Centre-left[19] |
Regional affiliation | Network of Social Democracy in Asia[20] |
Colours | Orange |
Slogan | การเมืองดี ปากท้องดี มีอนาคต ('Good politics, good living, good future')[21] |
Anthem | "ก้าวไกลก้าวหน้า"[22] ('Move Forward') |
Website | |
moveforwardparty.org | |
The Move Forward Party (MFP; Thai: พรรคก้าวไกล, RTGS: Phak Kao Klai [pʰák kâːw klāj] ⓘ) was a major social democratic and progressive political party in Thailand. It was the second incarnation of the progressive Future Forward Party, which was founded in 2018 and dissolved by the Constitutional Court on 21 February 2020.[23] In the 2023 general election, the party won the most seats in the House of Representatives but was unable to form a government. The party was dissolved by the Constitutional Court on 7 August 2024 and subsequently succeeded by the third incarnation, the People’s Party (Thai: พรรคประชาชน).
The party’s flagship agenda was to amend Thailand's strict lèse-majesté laws, which forbid the insult of the monarchy.[24] It opposed the remaining influence of the military junta, which ruled the country from 2014 to 2019.
The party was dissolved by the Constitutional Court on 7 August 2024[25] on the grounds that it violated the constitution by proposing an amendment of a law against insulting the monarchy known as Article 112.[26][27] The party is succeeded by the People's Party with Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut chosen by members as the party leader.[28]
The party was originally founded in 2014 as the Ruam Pattana Chart Thai Party (Thai: พรรคร่วมพัฒนาชาติไทย) and later changed its name to the Phung Luang Party (Thai: พรรคผึ้งหลวง). After the 2019 Thai general election, it reverted to its original name. It then obtained the name Move Forward on 21 February 2020 after becoming the de facto successor to the dissolved Future Forward Party.[29]
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