The Supreme Court will convene next Friday (24 April) to decide whether to accept a case against 44 former Move Forward Party (MFP) MPs over a bid to amend the royal defamation law.

The Progressive Alliance, a global network of over 140 progressive political parties and organisations, issued a statement on Saturday (3 April) expressing grave concerns about the ethics breach case against the 44 former Move Forward Party MPs, which put them at risk of a lifetime ban from politics.

10 People’s Party MPs, formerly of the now-dissolved Move Forward Party (MFP), may face suspension after the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) formally approved a petition to the Supreme Court against 44 former MFP MPs over their proposal to amend the royal defamation law.

44 former Move Forward Party (MFP) MPs are to face an ethics probe by the Supreme Court over their proposal to amend the royal defamation law in 2021. If found guilty, they risk being banned from politics for life.

A network of civil society organizations has filed a complaint against 5 Constitutional Court judges, seeking an investigation into their unsolicited statement prohibiting the direct election of a Constituent Assembly in the new constitutional drafting process.

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will launch an investigation into the leaked phone call between Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen, after a group of senators filed a complaint alleging a breach of ethics.

A number of People’s Party MPs and former Move Forward Party (MFP) MPs said that they have received summonses from the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) regarding an ethics probe over their submission of a bill to parliament proposing amendments to the royal defamation law. If found guilty of an ethnics breach, they could be banned for life from standing for election.

44 members of the recently disbanded Move Forward Party (MFP) face an ethics investigation for supporting the proposal to amend the royal defamation law. If found guilty, they will be banned from politics for life.

The Supreme Court has permanently revoked political rights of Pannika Wanich, the former spokesperson of the now-defunct Future Forward Party, retaining only her right to vote.

Former culture minister Itthiphol Khunpluem faces an arrest warrant after failing to appear in court to defend himself against accusations of malfeasance from when he was the mayor of Pattaya’ in 2008. A news source reports that he has flown to a neighbouring country.

A Move Forward Party (MFP) MP has revealed additional evidence of alleged asset concealment by Saksayam Chidchob, the suspended Transport Minister, and prepares to file a complaint with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).

<p>Pareena Kraikupt, MP for Ratchaburi in the ruling Palang Pracharat Party (PPRP) has been found guilty of serious ethics violation, resulting in a life-long ban from political positions at any level and loss of the right to vote for 10 years, punishments some see as overkill.</p>