Forty caretaker senators today petitioned Thailand’s Constitutional Court to dismiss Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin over a cabinet appointment which they say breaches the constitution. — AFP picBANGKOK, May 17 — Forty caretaker senators today petitioned Thailand’s Constitutional Court to dismiss Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin over a cabinet appointment which they say breaches the constitution.
Pichit was jailed for six months in 2008 for contempt of court after an alleged attempt to bribe court officials with 2 million baht hidden in a paper grocery bag. His law licence was suspended for five years by the Lawyers Council of Thailand after the incident.The senators said they were seeking a court ruling on whether Pichit has the integrity and ethical standards required by the constitution to hold a ministerial position and whether Srettha had breached the law by making the appointment.
Government spokesman Chai Wacharonke dismissed the senators’ accusation, and said the government had carefully vetted Pichit’s qualification.