People's Party (Thailand, 2024) in the context of Future Forward Party

⭐ Core Definition: People's Party (Thailand, 2024)

The People's Party (PPLE; Thai: พรรคประชาชน, RTGS: Phak Prachachon) is a major social democratic and progressive political party in Thailand. It is the third incarnation of the progressive Future Forward Party, which was founded in 2018 and dissolved by the Constitutional Court on 21 February 2020. It is the successor to the second incarnation, Move Forward Party, which was dissolved by the Constitutional Court on 7 August 2024. It is currently the largest party and the main opposition party in the House of Representatives.

The original form of the party was founded in 2012 as the Thinkakhao Party and later as the Thinkakhao Chaovilai Party in 2018, it was renamed into the People's Party, its current form, on 9 August 2024.

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People's Party (Thailand, 2024) in the context of 2025 Thai political crisis

On 18 June 2025, a political crisis in Thailand arose when a phone call between then-Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Cambodian senate president Hun Sen leaked amidst a major border conflict between the two kingdoms. The leak led the Bhumjaithai Party to withdraw from the governing coalition led by Paetongtarn and her Pheu Thai Party.

The resulting controversy and backlash led the Constitutional Court to suspend Paetongtarn from her official duties on 1 July, before fully removing her from office on 29 August. Due to the impasse created by the withdrawal of Bhumjaithai from the majority, the minority People's Party acted as kingmaker, supporting the former party's leader, Anutin Charnvirakul, to succeed the caretaker government.

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