A Thai court dismissed the prime minister for appointing a former lawyer once jailed to his cabinet.
The Constitutional Court ruled that Mr. Srettha had violated the “rules on ethics” with “the display of defiant behavior”.
The 62-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.
An interim leader will replace him until Thailand’s parliament convenes to elect a new prime minister.
“I’m confident in my honesty … I feel sorry, but I’m not saying I disagree with the ruling,” he said at a press conference shortly after the ruling. The court’s ruling is final and cannot be appealed.
Mr Srettha’s dismissal means he has now gone the way of so many other parties and administrations in Thailand – felled by the disproportionate power of the country’s constitutional court.
