Former Mentered Minister of Thailand, Paetongtarn Shinawatra. On Tuesday was still in office
After a new political crisis centered on the Shinawatra Dynasty, Thailand goes to the third prime minister in three days.
Unpublished. THE Thailand prepares to announce, this Tuesday, the Third Prime Minister in three days.
The King of Thailand, Maha vajiralongkornwill give possession to the remodeled government, with a new interim prime minister in charge, the third in three days.
The new interior minister, Phumtham wateachai71 years old, will substiti Siragisti..
The latter who assumed the position of interim prime minister after the Justice has suspended, on Tuesday, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.
However, Phumtham Wechayachai, a veteran of local politics who participated in the communist student movement in the 1970s, is considered a lieutenant Leal de Thaksin Shinawatra. The problem?
Unprecedented political crisis
Thaksin Shinawatra, former Prime Minister and pai de Paetongtarn Shinawatrahe is a charismatic billionaire, who radically changed the face of Thai politics in the 2000s, with a style between liberalism and authoritarianism, which earned him both the harm of rural zones and the hatred of the Bangkok elites.
Also on Tuesday, a trial in the capital of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra is accused of defaming the monarchy.
Hours later, the Thailand Constitutional Court suspended his daughter, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, until the completion of a lawsuit, which began after the disclosure of a telephone call with an former Cambodian leader.
According to a statement, the judges unanimously voted to accept a petition, presented by about 30 conservative senators who accuse Shinawatra of “serious ethical violation.”
In mid-June, a conversation with former Cambodia Prime Minister and current Senate president Hun Sen was released in which Paetongtarn Shinawatra questioned the role of a high Thai army commander in the context of a border conflict between the two countries.
Despite tensions with Cambodia, the position of Defense Minister, who was still in the hands of Phumtham Wechayachai, will be vacant in the new government.
The judges also approved, for seven votes in favor and two against, the suspension of Shinawatra, which will be effective “until the decision [final] of the Constitutional Court ”, which may take several weeks or even months, according to the statement.
Shinawatra will continue in government
Despite this, the leader will assume the position of Minister of Culture In the new government, which will allow you to continue to accompany state matters.
On June 24, the king had ratified a first ministerial remodeling after the Bhumjaithai party abandoned the government coalition due to the so -called telephone.
The next day, the party announced that it would present a motion of censorship against the prime minister in Parliament this Thursday.
Shinawatra also faces investigations by Thailand’s anti -corruption agency, which can lead to its dismissal.
