Blurring the Divide between Legal and Political Liability - On the Decision of the Constitutional Court to Remove the Thai Prime Minister from Office

Blurring the Divide between Legal and Political Liability - On the Decision of the Constitutional Court to Remove the Thai Prime Minister from Office Tonsakulrungruang, Khemthong Author aut Text xx# 2025 Verfassungsblog 2025-09-18 eng The Thai Constitutional Court removed Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the Prime Minister of Thailand, from office due to a scandal involving a leaked phone call. Paetongtarn was accused of carrying out her office “dishonestly” and “unethically”. The suspension order demonstrates the continued judicial encroachment upon the political branch. It also highlights the danger of the 2017 Constitution’s moralistic obsession with unrealistically clean and pure politics. CC BY-SA 4.0 Tonsakulrungruang, Khemthong Constitutional Morality Judicial Activism Thailand. Constitutional Court Thailand. Constitutional Court 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/thailand-constitutional-court-prime-minister/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/d7990feefbf5a800 250918 10.59704/d7990feefbf5a800 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)