(Bloomberg) Thailand’s Move Forward Party, which won the most seats in last year’s election, faces renewed threats of dissolution following a guilty court ruling over its bid to loosen the country’s royal defamation law. Most Read from BloombergTrump Risks Losing More Than Half of Swing-State Voters If Found GuiltyHouse Passes $78 Billion Business, Child Tax Break BillDeutsche Bank Plans To Cut 3,500 Jobs And Lift PayoutsMusk’s $55 Billion Pay Package Voided, Threatening World’s Biggest Fortu
With only 70 days left before the April 10 general elections, the prospect of new political parties uniting under a big tent seems to be fading, as they are discovering more differences than commonalities.
The Thai pro-democracy party which won the most votes at last year's election could now be forced to dissolve after a court ruled its key policy illegal.
Lee Jun-seok, leader of the Reformist Party and former chairman of the conservative ruling People Power Party (PPP), is in the media spotlight, again, due to his contentious pledges which critics say are highly likely to cause further social divisions, specifically between generations as well as genders.
Lee Jun-seok, the leader of a self-styled moderate conservative party, vowed on Monday to introduce legislation to require military service for all women who want to apply for certain government positions such as police officers.