In Thailand, Prime Minister Paetongtarn dismissed: “The Shinawatra brand is over”
Elected in August 2024, Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been found guilty by the Constitutional Court of “violating the ethics laws” pertaining to her position. This decision, more political than legal, plunges the country into abysmal uncertainty.
She lasted barely a year. Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was dismissed from her post this Friday, August 29, after the country's Constitutional Court ruled that she had "violated ethical laws in her handling of a border conflict with Cambodia," reports the daily Khaosod . The entire government was dismissed, along with its leader.
The woman, generally referred to only by her first name, Paetongtarn, was found guilty of “failing in her duties by failing to properly defend the country during a June 15 phone call with Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen to discuss tensions over territory claimed by both nations.”
During the interview, which was made public three days later, the prime minister was heard flattering Hun Sen, the strongman of Cambodia, a country with which Thailand was in conflict over border issues. Paetongtarn called him “uncle” and “appeared to criticize a senior Thai military commander responsible for border security,” Khaosod continued.
While she was suspended from her duties on July 1 , tensions between the two countries escalated, leading to deadly border clashes from July 25 to 28.
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