Thai authority to ask court to disband reformist party

Thailand's electoral commission on Tuesday said they will ask the Constitutional Court to dissolve the reformist Move Forward party (MFP).

The commission said that it had agreed "unanimously" to seek the dissolution. The MFP won the most seats in last year's general election. In its campaign, the MFP had promised to reform Thailand's laws against insulting the Thai monarchy. Earlier this year, the Constitutional Court ruled that the pledge to reform the legislation amounted to an attempt to overthrow the monarchy.