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August 14, 2024

Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin Sacked by Constitutional Court
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Thailand's Constitutional Court has removed Prime Minister Srettha
Thavisin from office, ruling he violated the constitution by appointing
a minister to his government who had a criminal conviction and served
six months in jail in 2008. The move has plunged Thailand into new
political turmoil and comes just days after the same court dissolved the
progressive Move Forward opposition party. Thavisin's removal after less
than a year in power means the Thai parliament must now convene to form
a new government. Thavisin, a real estate tycoon, is the fourth Thai
prime minister in 16 years to be removed by the Constitutional Court.


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