Thai Reformist Politicians Face Lifetime Ban After Election Loss
Supporters at the Move Forward Party headquarters in Bangkok.
Photographer: Andre Malerba/Bloomberg
More than three dozen former lawmakers of a pro-democracy party in Thailand face a lifetime ban from politics after the nation’s anti-graft agency found them in breach of ethical standards over a failed bid to amend the royal insult law.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission said Monday that 44 former lawmakers from the now-dissolved Move Forward Party had “failed to uphold and maintain the democratic system of government with the King as Head of State” by submitting a petition to amend the lese majeste law in 2021.