Thailand's prime minister suspended on duty for a call

A telephone conversation has cost Thailand's prime minister, Patetongtarn Shinawatra, at least temporarily. “BBC” writes that Thailand's Constitutional Court has suspended Prime Minister Shinawatra from office because of her telephone conversation with former Cambodian Freedom Hun Sen, published in the media. Meanwhile, it is still under consideration whether it will eventually be downloaded or not.

In this phone conversation, she called former Cambodian leader <x0 muja” while criticising a Thai military commander. Because of this, this conversation caused public outrage, and the prime minister came under pressure to resign. In parallel, a petition was signed for its dismissal, which the court is now examining.

This could make the third politician of the powerful Shinawatra family who has dominated Thai politics for the last two decades lose power before the mandate ends.
Its ruling coalition has already been divided and reduced after a key conservative ally abandoned it two weeks ago.

Constitutional Court by “BBC” voted 7-2 to suspend her from office, while still considering the issue of her dismissal and Shinawatra has 15 days to present her defence. However, it will remain in the cabinet as culture minister, which took over a cabinet reshuffle that was approved several hours before it was suspended.

The prime minister before he was suspended again demanded public forgiveness Tuesday, stating that the purpose of his call with former Freedom Han Sen was “more than 100%... for the country”.