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Wednesday’s decision by Thailand’s Constitutional Court to oust Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin after just under a year in office was jarring

Thailand’s Constitutional Court has dissolved the country’s largest opposition party and official winner of the 2023 general election, Move Forward. The same court has now dismissed Thailand’s prime minister, Srettha Thavisin, in an ethics case for appointing a cabinet minister who was once jailed.

The Constitutional Court has found Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin guilty of a gross violation of ethics for appointing ex-convict Pichit Chuenban as a cabinet minister. The ruling resulted in Mr Srettha being dismissed after less than a year in office.

Thailand's Constitutional Court sacked Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Wednesday, branding him dishonest in a ruling in an ethics case that throws the kingdom into fresh political turmoil.

Srettha becomes the fourth Thai prime minister in 16 years to be removed by the kingdom’s Constitutional Court.

Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office after he was accused by former senators of breaching ethics rules by appointing a lawyer with a criminal conviction to his cabinet. The Thai parliament is set to vote for Srettha's replacement this Friday.

Thailand's Constitutional Court will decide on Wednesday whether Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin should be kicked out of office over his appointment of a cabinet minister with a criminal conviction.

After loosening cannabis laws, Thailand tried to reinstate prohibition. Its failure has lessons for drug reform

The Criminal Court on Wednesday denied former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra permission to leave for Dubai on Thursday for medical treatment, just three weeks before the first hearing in the lese majeste case against him.