1/7/2025–|Last update: 12:41 (Mecca time)
The Constitutional Court in Thailand today, Tuesday, arrested Prime Minister Betongarn Chinawatra, pending a case demanding her isolation, which increases the increasing pressure on the government, which is criticized on multiple parties.
The court said in a statement that it had accepted a petition of 36 members of the Senate accusing Petonghern of trusting confidence and violating moral standards in violation of the constitution because of the leakage of a political conversation with a political sensitivity with the former Cambodian leader Hun Sen.
“The court looked at the petition, and unanimously accepted the case for consideration,” the court said in a statement.
Syria will take over the deputy prime minister, the prime minister, while the court will consider the case filed against Petonghurn, which will have 15 days to respond and will remain in the government as a new minister of culture after a cabinet amendment.
The leaked call with the Kamboudi politician sparked internal anger and left the Petonghern coalition with a very small majority after a major party withdrew from the coalition and is expected to soon seek to conduct a vote to block confidence in Parliament, at a time when opposition groups are demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister.
During a phone call with Hun Sen on June 15, aiming to defuse the escalating border tensions with Cambodia, Betonghern, 38, the Thai army commander, a red line in a country where the army has great influence. She then apologized and said that her statements were merely negotiating tactics.