All 143 MPs from the Move Forward Party (MFP) that was dissolved by Thailand’s Constitutional Court have moved the newly formed People’s Party. The People’s Party stated on Facebook that it intends to become a single-party government in the next three years’ elections.
Former IT executive Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, the People’s Party’s newly appointed head, stated in a Facebook post that they will be a party by and for the people, with the goal of creating a Thailand in which the people hold the highest level of authority.
Mr Natthaphong, 37, also pledged to continue with all of the main ideas that helped Move Forward gain 143 parliamentary seats in last year’s election. He stated that the People’s Party’s mission will continue to include working to alter Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or the lese-majeste statute.
Thailand’s Constitutional Court highlighted that precise strategy as the primary reason for dissolving Move Forward on Wednesday and barring 11 of its executives from politics for a decade.
Meanwhile, on Friday, the Move Forward Party’s Facebook page altered its name and logo to ‘People’s Party’.
Mr Natthaphong, a list MP and former Move Forward deputy secretary-general, was named the party’s new head at a meeting of MPs on Thursday night.
The progressive left Peoples Party’s latest redesign will keep its famous orange colour palette and an updated version of its inverted pyramid logo. It stated that the shape reflects people’s elevation over rulers, as well as quality and modernism.
The party also set a goal of raising 10 million baht from its members by August 31. That target, it turns out, was met in the first nine hours of its existence on Friday.
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