Overview

• The court voted 6–3 on August 29 to remove Peatongtarn, retroactively dating her dismissal to July 1 after an earlier suspension.
• Judges found her conduct violated ethical requirements, following a Senate bloc complaint over her remarks about Thai military leaders and a leaked call with former Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen.
• Her ouster triggers the cabinet’s resignation, with a lower-house selection of a new prime minister expected soon.
• The Thaksin-aligned Thai Contribution Party is expected to attempt to keep the coalition intact and quickly put forward a successor, though its public support has fallen.
• At least one partner, the Thai Pride Party, has quit the coalition, and this is the second removal of a Thai premier by the court in as many years.