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According to Xinhua News Agency, the Thai Constitutional Court ruled on the 14th that Prime Minister Setiawan was unconstitutional and dismissed him from office immediately.

△Picture from CCTV news report

The justices voted 5-4 to make the ruling this afternoon.Setha becomes the fourth Thai prime minister to be removed from office by the Constitutional Court in 16 years.

After the results were announced, Seta accepted the ruling and reiterated that during his nearly one year as prime minister, he had always led the country with good intentions and an honest attitude.

According to CCTV news,Thailand's parliament will vote on August 16 to elect a new prime minister.

Setha was dismissed this time due to a personnel appointment and dismissal. In April this year, the Thai cabinet was reorganized and Setha was appointedPhichit served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Office.Phichit was a lawyer by training and represented former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a case in 2008.In the land acquisition case, he was accused of trying to bribe the judge during the process and was later sentenced to six months in prison for contempt of court.

On May 16, 40 of the 250 members of the Thai Senate jointly submitted a petition to the Constitutional Court, requesting the termination of Setha and Phichit. The members who signed the petition believed that Phichit's appointment as Minister of the Prime Minister's Office during the cabinet reshuffle violated the law, and Setha, as Prime Minister, was directly responsible and needed to be terminated, so they asked the Constitutional Court to review and rule. On May 21, Phichit resigned as Minister of the Prime Minister's Office.

Seta Thavich was born in Bangkok, Thailand in February 1962. He went abroad to study in his early years and started a business after returning to Thailand.Sansiri Corp.Sansiri has developed intoOne of the largest real estate developers in Thailand.Sai Ta YeBecoming a Billionaire。

SaitaA supporter of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra, heJoin Pheu Thai Party and compete in the general election in April 2023 as one of the party's three prime ministerial candidates.In the election, the Pheu Thai Party won 141 seats, becoming the second largest party in the House of Representatives.Later, the cooperation between the Pheu Thai Party and the largest party, the Future Party, broke down.Joint with othersPolitical parties formed an 11-party alliance to jointly proposeSaitaOn September 5 of the same year, Seta was officially sworn in as the Prime Minister of Thailand, and it has not been a year yet.

Recently, Thailand's political arena has been in turmoil. A week ago (August 7),The Constitutional Court ruled that the Far East Party's promise during last year's general election to amend Article 112 of the Criminal Code (i.e., lese majeste) was unconstitutional and announced the dissolution of the Far East Party. The relevant members of the party's executive committee were banned from politics for 10 years.

On the 9th, the Far East Party announced the establishment of a new political party, the People's Party, and 143 former Far East Party members of parliament joined the People's Party.

Source: Changan Street Governor