<div>With all the talk about a “new” political party of the “new generation”, it is worth comparing what little we know of this party with Taksin’s Thai Rak Thai Party which was formed after the 1997 economic crisis. The reason for this is that Taksin and his team used the slogan “New Thinking, New Implementation” in their first election campaign. </div>

<div> <div> <div>The recent announcement by a key leader of the Future Forward Party (FFP) that he would not press the issue of amending the l?se majest? law in the new party, has sparked a political debate on whether the politician is making a strategic move or retreating from his liberal stance.</div> <div> </div> <div>The newly-established FFP has continued to incite controversy after Piyabutr Saengkanokkul, one of the party’s most prominent members, announced on Facebook that he would not use the new party as a political tool to amend Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the l?se majest? law </div></div></div>

<div>This past 15 March, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and Piyabutr Saengkanokkul led 26 people from the new generation to register the <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/7671">Future Forward Party</a> at the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT).</div> <div> </div> <div><img alt="" src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4786/26947299398_12535471b9_h.jpg" /></div> <div><span><strong>The founding members of the Future Forward Party at a press conference on 15 March 2018 </strong></span></div>

<div> <div>The newly established Future Forward Party (FFP) has been heavily criticised for its lack of political experience, and its left-leaning orientation, with lots of talk of a social welfare state and inclusive society.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On 15 March 2018, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, Executive Vice President of the Thai Summit Group, hosted a press conference to launch a new party, Anakhot Mai, literally translated as ‘new future’, but whose official English name is the Future Forward Party.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> </div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> </div>