Overview

• The nine-judge court voted 6–3 that Paetongtarn put private interests above the nation in a leaked June call with Cambodia’s Hun Sen.
• Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai and the current cabinet will run a caretaker government until a new prime minister is elected.
• Only candidates nominated before the 2023 election are eligible, leaving Pheu Thai with a single option in 77-year-old Chaikasem Nitisiri.
• Pheu Thai’s coalition has weakened after the Bhumjaithai Party withdrew over the call, signaling potentially protracted bargaining in parliament.
• Deadly July border clashes with Cambodia killed more than 40 people and displaced roughly 300,000, and a fragile ceasefire is in place.