(Photo by Apichart Jinakul)More than 120,000 people have signed up to submit a bill calling for the repeal of the royal defamation law to Parliament. Launched on Oct 31 during a rally at the Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok, the “Time’s up 112” campaign attracted 3,760 signatures in favour of scrapping the law. To ensure checks and accountability of the tax-funded institution, the bill proposes that the lese majeste law be repealed. Among the opposition, Move Forward, the most progressive party, supports amending the problematic parts of the law. Seri Ruam Thai disagrees with repeal but supports changes of some details and penalties under the law.
