Thailand in limbo as backroom deals are being hatched for next PM

Thai prime minister Srettha Thavisin speaks to the media as he arrives at Government House, on the day the Constitutional Court rules on whether to remove him from office due to his appointment of a cabinet minister with a criminal conviction, in Bangkok on August 14, 2024. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

Mr Srettha Thavisin was dismissed as Thai prime minister on Aug 14 by the Constitutional Court over a breach of ethics in appointing to his Cabinet a former lawyer who was briefly jailed 16 years ago.

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Tan Hui Yee

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BANGKOK - Thailand’s coalition government had barely one year to settle in before being thrown into disarray by a court ruling on Aug 14, which dismissed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and his entire Cabinet over what the Constitutional Court decided was a wrongful ministerial appointment.

Legislators will

convene on Aug 16 to choose a new prime minister.

In the lead-up to that, backroom negotiations are expected to be in full throttle.

Thailand in limbo as backroom deals are being hatched for next PM

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