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Thanaporn PROMYAMYAI

Party Of Thai Ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra To Choose New Candidate For Premier

Former prime minister Srettha Thavisin reacts after Thailand's Constitutional Court ruled to remove him (Credit: AFP)

The party of Thailand's billionaire ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra meets on Thursday to choose a candidate for prime minister, a day after the kingdom's top court dismissed incumbent premier Srettha Thavisin over an ethics violation.

The Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that Srettha, 62, had breached regulations by appointing a cabinet minister with a criminal conviction, deepening Thailand's political uncertainty a week after the dissolution of the main opposition party.

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