BANGKOK — Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin could be removed from office this week when the country's Constitutional Court rules on his appointment of a Cabinet minister with a criminal conviction.
BANGKOK — Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin could be removed from office this week when the country's Constitutional Court rules on his appointment of a Cabinet minister with a criminal conviction.The case comes a week after the same court disbanded the kingdom's main opposition political party and banned its former leader, Pita Limjaroenrat, from politics for a decade.
If he is removed from office, Pheu Thai would have to nominate a new candidate for prime minister.The Constitutional Court has dismissed prime ministers in the past, but analyst Thitinan Pongsudhirak said he does not expect the prime minister to be kicked out.'I think he will survive because it is hard to find a replacement,' he told AFP.'He also hasn't done anything wrong, and he is hardworking.
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