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Thailand's disbanded Move Forward reborn as People's Party

New group becomes largest opposition in parliament with over 140 lawmakers

People's Party leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, second from left, and other members pose for a photo during a press conference in Bangkok on Aug. 9. (Photo by Adryel Talamantes)

BANGKOK -- The members of Thailand's disbanded Move Forward Party launched a new party on Friday, vowing to continue their efforts to push Thailand forward to democracy.

Move Forward, which won the most seats in last year's general election but failed to form a government, was dissolved by the Constitutional Court on Wednesday over its campaign to amend the country's lese-majeste law. The court also banned the party's 11 executives, including former leader Pita Limjaroenrat, from politics for 10 years.

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