Thai PM removed by court, triggering power scramble
Thailand’s Constitutional Court dismissed the suspended Prime Minister Paetongarn Shinawatra due to an ethical violation, and rejected the Shinawatra political dynasty with another overwhelming blow that triggered a rush of an agreement.
Paetongarn, the youngest prime minister of Thailand, was supported by the sixth premiere of the billionaire Shinawatra family, which will be removed by the army or the judiciary in a turbulent two -year -old power war between the country’s fighter elites.
The decision paves the way for the election by a new Prime Minister Parliament, Paetongtonn’s ruling Pheu Tay Party loses bargaining power, and faces the majority of a razor-Thhin to establish a fragile alliance.
The court said that Paetongarn violated the ethics in a leaked June phone call, and at the time, a Shinawatra family’s ally to Kowtow’s powerful former leader Hun Sen – near the recent Shinawatra family.
At that time, both countries were on the verge of an armed conflict.
It took five days to fight weeks later.
Hours after the decision, the Bhumjaithai Party, which left Paetongarn’s coalition on the call, appeared as the first pioneer in forming a new government.
Leader Anutin Charnvirakul appeared before Bangkok to support parties with promises involving the parliament in four months.
The decision brings an early end to the Protégé of his daughter’s premiere and the separatist king Thaksin Shinawatra, and will be an important test of a great political influence.
39 -year -old Paetongarn was a political neofit when he suddenly pushed to power after the dismissal of Srettha Thavisin by the same court.
The court said in a 6-3 decision that Paetongarn put his private interests in front of the nation and damaged Thailand’s reputation.
“Due to a personal relationship that appeared to be compatible with Cambodia, the defendant was constantly willing to comply or move to the wishes of the Cambodian side.” He said.
Reacting the decision, Paetongarn asked all parties to work together to bring political stability to Thailand.
“All I wanted was to protect people’s lives, whether they were soldiers or civilians. I was determined to do my best to protect their lives before violent conflict.” He said.
The fifth leader in the 17 years abolished by the Constitutional Court underlines the central role in a stubborn power struggle between Shinawatra clan governments and strong conservatives and the royalist generals with a comprehensive influence.
The focus has changed rapidly who will change Paetongarn, and it was expected to be traded between parties and other power brokers to try to keep his father Thaksin’s Pheu Thai in the rudder.
Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai will be responsible as a guard until he is elected by a new Prime Minister Parliament who called a special session on Friday, but who did not vote in a new premiere.
Five people are entitled to be the right to be a premier, only one of them is a 77 -year -old Chaikasem Nitisiri, who maintains a low profile, a former chief prosecutor with a limited cabinet experience.
Former Prime Minister Anutin, who retired from politics and pioneered a military coup against the last Pheu Thai government in 2014, said that he voted late on Friday.
“This will be a government for people who will help the country find a way out and return power to the public.” He said.
The government pushes Thailand into more uncertainty, and has a political dead end during the boiling period of the people’s discomfort on the stuttering economy and stuttering economy.
