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Thai Constitutional Court "May Decide To Suspend The Prime Minister From His Duties"?

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As the title of this video suggests, we may see a situation here in Thailand where the Prime Minister is suspended from duty pending a Constitutional Court ruling. I thought of making this video after reading a recent article from the Thai Examiner, that is thaiexaminer.com, the article is titled: PM Srettha Thavisin could be temporarily toppled from power on Thursday by the Constitutional Court

Quoting directly: "Constitutional Court to decide on Thursday. Returning from his European trip, a petition from the caretaker Senate could see Thai PM Srettha Thavisin and Minister Phichit Cheunban suspended. The Court's decision this Thursday could spark a political storm and open up a Pandora's Box if it decides to take up the case." Quoting further: "Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, currently on a trip to both France and Italy, could be flying back to a constitutional storm which may topple him from power, at least temporarily. The PM arrives back in Bangkok on Tuesday. A petition lodged by the caretaker Senate on Friday morning seeks to address whether the tenure of both Mr Srettha and Prime Minister's Office Minister Mr Phichit Cheunban stands rescinded after the PM's controversial appointment of the latter at the end of April. It is expected that the Constitutional Court will look at the matter this Thursday. In short, if the Court agrees to take it up, it may decide to suspend the Prime Minister from his duties while it makes its decision." So that's pretty big news and I can't say that I have any insight into how this is going to play out, I'll just put that out there right now. It remains to be seen; it will be in interesting. 

For those who are looking at this from an outsiders' perspective, understand the legal system here in Thailand, the Constitutional Court has certain prerogatives even over Government Ministers and as noted, he could be suspended from duty while they adjudicate the accusation regarding whether or not he correctly appointed somebody. That will be interesting to see. I don't exactly again know how they are going to rule on this, so we will certainly keep you updated on this channel as that situation evolves.