BANGKOK: Thailand’s Constitutional Court said on Wednesday it will hand down its verdict on Aug. 14 in a case that seeks the dismissal of Prime Minist...
: Thailand’s Constitutional Court said on Wednesday it will hand down its verdict on Aug. 14 in a case that seeks the dismissal of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for appointing to his cabinet a lawyer who served time in jail.
Real estate tycoon Srettha denies wrongdoing and says Pichit, a former lawyer for the politically powerful Shinawatra family, was thoroughly vetted and his appointment was above board. “The Constitutional Court has considered and finds the case is a legal matter and there is sufficient evidence to decide the case,“ it said in a statement.
The progressive, anti-establishment Move Forward is accused by the election commission of undermining Thailand’s system of governance over its campaign to amend a strict law that forbids insulting the royal family, under which hundreds of people have been prosecuted, some given jail terms of decades.
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