Thailand’s Move Forward Party, allies agree on coalition platform | Politics News

Eight-party coalition announces ambitious plans for reform, but makes no mention of a divisive royal insult law.

Thailand’s progressive Move Forward Party has signed an agreement with seven other parties to draft a new constitution, end monopolies and allow same-sex marriage if they are allowed to form a government, but made no mention of a controversial proposal to revise royal insult laws.

The 23-point agreement, unveiled on Monday, outlines the coalition’s policy plans and priorities as it seeks support among legislators to form a government after nine years of conservative, military-backed rule.

Move Forward, along with Pheu Thai, a populist party linked to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, dominated last week’s election in a resounding rejection of the royalist military-backed parties that have controlled the country since a coup in 2014.

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