Overview

• Thailand’s Constitutional Court accepted a petition from 36 senators accusing Paetongtarn of dishonesty and ethical breaches in a leaked June 15 conversation with Cambodia’s Hun Sen and voted 7–2 to suspend her from duty.
• Deputy Prime Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit has assumed the role of caretaker prime minister while the court deliberates the case seeking her dismissal.
• Paetongtarn has been ordered to submit her defense within 15 days before the court proceeds to a final verdict on whether to remove her from office.
• The Bhumjaithai Party’s exit from the ruling coalition has left the government with a razor-thin parliamentary majority and fueled mass protests in Bangkok demanding her resignation.
• The Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission has launched a separate ethics investigation into Paetongtarn’s conduct over the same leaked phone call, intensifying pressure on her administration.