Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin after barely a year in office for breaching ethics by appointing a cabinet member who had served a jail term, a ruling which sent the kingdom into deeper political turmoil.
The decision (5-4) by the nine-member bench has torpedoed Srettha’s troubled government, which has failed to gain support in parliament and among the Thai public.
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