After the governing People's Power party was dissolved and its executive board was banned from political activity by the Constitutional Court on 2 December 2008,[17] former People's Power Party MPs formed the Pheu Thai Party. Yingluck was asked to become the leader of the party but she declined, stating that she did not want to be Prime Minister and wanted to focus on business.[18] Yongyuth Wichaidit became the leader of the party.