Thai court to deliver verdict on PM removal case over cabinet appointment

BANGKOK, July 24 (Xinhua) — Thailand’s Constitutional Court announced on Wednesday it will hand down its verdict for a case seeking to remove Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin over his cabinet appointment on Aug. 14.
The judges agreed to conclude their hearing as there was enough evidence to make a ruling, the court said in a statement.
The case came after 40 former senators petitioned the court to decide whether Srettha’s appointment of a minister with a prison record during a recent cabinet reshuffle was unethical conduct and violated the constitution.
The verdict will come a week after the same court’s ruling on another politically sensitive case seeking to disband the main opposition Move Forward Party. ■