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THAILAND: Lawyer Behind MFP's Dissolution Takes Aim At Ruling Pheu Thai Party

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Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her Pheu Thai Party (PTP) remain under legal pressure, with local media outlets pointing to the recent involvement of Teerayut Suwakesorn, a high-profile lawyer, whose earlier efforts led to the dissolution of the main opposition Move Forward Party (MFP).

  • Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) Secretary General Paiboon Nititawan recently admitted that Teerayut petitioned the Constitutional Court to prevent ex-Prime Minister and PTP patriarch Thaksin Shinawatra from "threatening the constitutional monarchy by influencing the coalition core Pheu Thai Party." Teerayut is now levelling the same accusations on the PTP which he previously did on the MFP, resulting in its disbandment.
  • While technically being an independent lawyer, Teerayut has previously worked with high-profile clients, such as former PPRP MP Pareena Kraikupt in a widely publicised defamation case. He has been associated with conservative, royalist politics for a long time, having co-founded the pro-military People Reform Party (PRP), which later merged into the PPRP. He has been instrumental in the "lawfare" tactic used by royalist parties against their political opponents.
  • The Nation reported that Teerayut might be working with the PPRP again following the internal split within the PPRP and the party's ouster from the ruling coalition. The PPRP and elite circles associated with the party are currently politically on the defensive. However, should Teerayut's initiative targeting the Shinawatras and the PTP gain further traction in the courts and relevant law enforcement institutions, Thailand could suffer another bout of heightened political uncertainty.
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Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her Pheu Thai Party (PTP) remain under legal pressure, with local media outlets pointing to the recent involvement of Teerayut Suwakesorn, a high-profile lawyer, whose earlier efforts led to the dissolution of the main opposition Move Forward Party (MFP).

  • Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) Secretary General Paiboon Nititawan recently admitted that Teerayut petitioned the Constitutional Court to prevent ex-Prime Minister and PTP patriarch Thaksin Shinawatra from "threatening the constitutional monarchy by influencing the coalition core Pheu Thai Party." Teerayut is now levelling the same accusations on the PTP which he previously did on the MFP, resulting in its disbandment.
  • While technically being an independent lawyer, Teerayut has previously worked with high-profile clients, such as former PPRP MP Pareena Kraikupt in a widely publicised defamation case. He has been associated with conservative, royalist politics for a long time, having co-founded the pro-military People Reform Party (PRP), which later merged into the PPRP. He has been instrumental in the "lawfare" tactic used by royalist parties against their political opponents.
  • The Nation reported that Teerayut might be working with the PPRP again following the internal split within the PPRP and the party's ouster from the ruling coalition. The PPRP and elite circles associated with the party are currently politically on the defensive. However, should Teerayut's initiative targeting the Shinawatras and the PTP gain further traction in the courts and relevant law enforcement institutions, Thailand could suffer another bout of heightened political uncertainty.