Pita Limjaroenrat's reformist Move Forward Party won most seats in last year's general election, but conservative senators stopped him becoming prime minister , but conservative senators stopped him becoming prime minister partly because of the push to change the laws shielding King Maha Vajiralongkorn from criticism.
Thailand has a history of judicial intervention in politics and in 2020 MFP's predecessor party, the Future Forward Party, was wound up by court order over finance issues. They will also insist there is no need to dissolve the party and any penalty imposed should be proportionate. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets at the height of the demonstrations, many making unprecedented public criticism of the royal family as well as demands for transparency and reform.