Thailand’s constitutional court suspends the prime minister
Prayuth Chan-ocha has run the country for eight years. Or is it five? Maybe three?
No one could accuse Thailand’s constitutional court of shying away from the big calls. In the past two decades it has binned the results of two elections, disbanded three opposition political parties and declared homosexuality to be “against the natural order”. These decisions have tended to serve the political establishment and helped ensure the army’s grip on power. So eyebrows twitched on August 24th when a decision by the court went firmly against a member of the establishment.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Uncertain terms”
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