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Thai court dismisses PM for violating constitution
A Thai court has dismissed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for appointing to his cabinet a former lawyer who was once jailed.
The Constitutional Court ruled that Mr Srettha had violated the "rules on ethics" with "the display of defiant behaviour".
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In May the court had accepted a petition filed by some 40 senators asking to remove the PM from his position over his appointment of Pichit Chuenban - who was previously sentenced to six months in jail for attempted bribery.
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Last week, the constitutional court dissolved the Move Forward party for making unconstitutional campaign promises and banned 11 party leaders from politics for 10 years.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98415kzxy9o
The Constitutional Court ruled that Mr Srettha had violated the "rules on ethics" with "the display of defiant behaviour".
...
In May the court had accepted a petition filed by some 40 senators asking to remove the PM from his position over his appointment of Pichit Chuenban - who was previously sentenced to six months in jail for attempted bribery.
...
Last week, the constitutional court dissolved the Move Forward party for making unconstitutional campaign promises and banned 11 party leaders from politics for 10 years.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98415kzxy9o
The lawyer had resigned already, but they've removed the PM anyway. Not sure if any Thai politician is going to be acceptable to this court.