After its dissolution, the Thai Forward Movement Party was reborn as the People's Party.

A new name and a new leader to move forward again. After being formally dissolved by the courts on Wednesday, August 7, Thailand’s main opposition party, the Forward Movement, announced on Friday the creation of a new entity called the People’s Party with a view to the upcoming elections.

The political party chose MP Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut as its figurehead. “I have been elected to become the party leader.The latter announced during a press conference in Bangkok. Our mission is to prepare a government of change for the 2027 elections.”

Two days earlier, Pita Limjarwornat, leader of the Forward Movement Party, was effectively disqualified for 10 years by Thailand’s Constitutional Court, along with 10 other party leaders. The judges, who voted unanimously in favor of the sentence, criticized them for wanting to destabilize the monarchy. The United Nations, the United States and human rights groups denounced the decision as jeopardizing political pluralism at the expense of the pro-democracy camp.

Same color, same goals.

The People's Party retains the orange colour of its predecessor as well as a similar triangular logo. “We want to be the people’s party, of the people, for the people, that can move Thailand forward so that the people can come to power.”“We are here,” shouted the new party’s spokesman, Parit Wacharasindu.

A desire that goes hand in hand with a desire to move forward. The party won the 2023 legislative elections on a platform of breaking with the monarchy, the military and the blocs, which it blamed for the country’s stagnation. But its leader, Pita Limjaroenrat, never made it to the premiership due to opposition from the conservative bloc. The latter felt the movement had gone too far with its proposal to reform the lese majeste law, which is part of the country’s penal code.