A Thai court has dismissed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for appointing to his cabinet a former lawyer who was once jailed.
The Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that Mr Srettha had violated the “rules on ethics” with “the display of defiant behaviour”.
The 67-year-old Srettha, who has been in power for less than a year, is the third PM in 16 years to be removed by the same court.
He will be replaced by an interim leader until Thailand’s parliament convenes to elect a new prime minister.
Wednesday’s verdict signals political uncertainty for a country that has seen multiple coups, the last being in 2014 when the military seized power.
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