Former MFP leader: 'absolutely proud of what I have achieved' following dissolution of party by cour

(7 Aug 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Bangkok, Thailand – 7 August 2024 1. Mid of Pita Limjaroenrat, former leader of Move Forward Party and Chaithawat Tulathon, Leader of Move Forward Party 2. Wide of Pita, Chaithawat, and other Members of Parliament from Move Forward Party 3. Members of Parliament from Move Forward Party standing 4. Mid of people on stage 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Pita Limjaroenrat, former leader of Move Forward Party “Well, today, the decision, according to the process of law, the result is that we are dissolved as election winner of 2023, in a year and then we get dissolved and a certain amount of us get banned for ten years. But I have my freedom and my rights to insist on our innocence that we have no intention of treason or insurrection or trying to separate monarchy from the country of Thailand.” 6. Mid of Chaithawat, Pita and Sirikanya Tansakun, Deputy Chief of Move Forward Party 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Pita Limjaroenrat, former leader of Move Forward Party: “If the result of the process is like this, then, let it be, and then we'll make sure that the political project continues in a new vehicle which will be introduced on August 9th, which I will not be part of anymore. It's entirely up to my colleagues at the back to get together and decide on the party, the party name and the next leader. So I can't comment on that at the moment.” 8. Wide of stage 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Pita Limjaroenrat, former leader of Move Forward Party “For the first question, absolutely proud of what I had achieved. I’m proud of my colleagues. Proud of the people who have supported us and no regrets in the way I have done my job. I have left my dent in the universe. And I'll make sure that I pass the baton to the next generation leaders.” 10. Mid of Chaithawat, Pita and Sirikanya 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Sirikanya Tansakun, Deputy Chief of Move Forward Party: “Yes of course. I think we will continue with the core ideology, but the methodology would have been different, or not, it's the decision of the member of the new house that we will move in. So we have to decide it again. We have to discuss it again and we have to work in detail how to solve the problem.” 12. Members of Parliament from Move Forward Party standing 13. People leaving STORYLINE: The former chief of Thailand's progressive Move Forward Party said "let it be" after a court in Thailand on Wednesday ordered the party's dissolution due to "treason". The Constitutional Court of Thailand said it voted unanimously to dissolve the party because its campaign against Article 112, a law that protects the monarchy from criticism, was an attempt to overthrow the nation's constitutional monarchy. During a news conference after the verdict, former leader Pita Limjaroenrat said: “I have my freedom and my rights to insist on our innocence that we have no intention of treason or insurrection or trying to separate monarchy from the country of Thailand.” Pita said that a new political party will be announced on August 9 and he will not be a part of it. The Move Forward Party was unable to form a government after topping the polls because members of the Senate, at that time a conservative military-appointed body, refused to endorse its candidate for prime minister. The ruling Wednesday also imposed a 10-year ban on political activity for those who held the party’s executive positions while it campaigned for the proposed amendment. Among them are Pita and current chief Chaithawat Tulathon. AP Video by Jerry Harmer =========================================================== Find out more about AP Archive: www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/c449cc9d9afe4cb…

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