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00:00Sitting expressionless as Thailand's highest legal body decided the future of his party.
00:06The former leader of Move Forward, Pitao Limjawaranath, listens on as the constitutional court unanimously
00:12calls for its dissolution.
00:14To protect the basic pillars of our constitutional monarchy, we have to dissolve this party.
00:21Wednesday's ruling is yet another setback for 43-year-old Limjawaranath after a shock
00:26first-place finish in last year's general election.
00:30Conservative forces in the Senate, appointed by the military, blocked his bid to become
00:34prime minister.
00:35Then in March, the country's election commission asked the top court to dissolve Move Forward.
00:40This after an earlier ruling showed the party's pledge to reform Les Magistres laws were tantamount
00:45to an attempt to overthrow the constitutional monarchy.
00:48Despite the ruling, Limjawaranath says he's got no regrets.
00:53Absolutely proud on what I had achieved, proud of my colleagues, proud of the people
00:58who have supported us and no regrets in the way I've done my job.
01:07We have no intention of treason or insurrection or trying to separate monarchy from the country
01:18of Thailand.
01:19With 143 seats in parliament, the ruling is unlikely to significantly weaken the Move
01:25Forward movement.
01:26It will simply rebrand, just like its predecessor, the then-future Forward Party did in 2020,
01:32which resulted in months of protests.
01:34However, a 10-year ban on political activity is now imposed on the party's charismatic,
01:40Harvard-educated former leader.
01:42Les Magistres laws are taken extremely seriously in Thailand.
01:47While Peter Limjawaranath's anti-establishment agenda has won him huge support, he's clashed
01:52with Thailand's powerful nexus of conservatives and the military, who regard the monarchy
01:57as sacrosanct.