Why Paetongtarn Shinawatra was removed as the prime minister of Thailand and what happens next

The Constitutional Court removed Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Friday after a year after her term from office. Her discharge came weeks after her suspension and renewed border tension between Thailand and Cambodia. Why Paetongtarn Shinawatra was removed as Thailand’s Prime Minister? Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s outer conveyed a call that she allegedly had on June 15 with Cambodian Senate leader Hun Sen. In a ruling of 6 to 3, the court ruled on Friday that Shinawatra harmed the national interest and violated ethical standards in a telephone call with the former Cambodia leader, the Associat Press reports. What was the phone call about? It is alleged that it seemed that Paetongtarn Shinawatra during the phone call criticized an official of the Army of Thailand and the side of Cambodia in a border dispute – a possible breach of behavior under the Constitution. Paetongtarn Shinawatra referred to Hun Sen-an old friend of her father, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra-As ‘Uncle’, and apparently a Thai army commander in control of border forces. The call was allegedly leaked online by Hun Sen, which provoked anger in Thailand. After the incident, a group of senators filed a complaint against her in which she charged that she did not have “demonstrable honesty and integrity” and apparently became personal ties above the national. Paetongtarn apologized, saying that her approach is a negotiating tactic to prevent conflict, the Associated Press reports. Her outreach to Hun Sen appears to be an error and was quickly politicized by her opponents. Weeks later, the Thai and Cambodian forces collided with the border for five days, who left dozens and displaced more than 260,000 people. Paetongtarn’s emergence and decline in a year, Paetongtarn was expelled a year in her term. She came to power last year to lead a fragile coalition government, informed by Thailand’s military supported Constitution of Thailand in 2017, which limited the power of elected governments by tools such as an unelected Senate and powerful courts. Paetongtarn was suspended from her duties on July 1 when the Constitutional Court agreed to consider a petition of conservative senators to remove her. What will happen next Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai took over Paetongtarn’s responsibilities. The current cabinet will remain in a caretaker until a new prime minister is elected. Parliament must choose one from a pre -approved list of candidates submitted by each party before the last election. The caretaker also has the option to call a new election, with the approval of the king. The Pheu Thai party has already used two of his three nominees – Srettha Thavisin – rejected by the court last year, and now Paetongtarn. This leaves Chaik breath Nitisiri, 77, a party loyalist and former minister. The leading challenger is Anutin Charnvirakul of the Bhumjaithai party.