Verdict due in Thai PM power abuse case

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Constitutional court due to rule on whether Yingluck Shinawatra abused her power, and may dismiss her if found guilty.Thailand's Constitutional Court is set to decide whether to remove Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office on abuse of power charges, a ruling that threatens to plunge the kingdom further into turmoil.

Wednesday's legal procedure comes as Shinawatra stands accused in the country's highest court of abusing her authority by transferring a senior civil servant in 2011 to another position, allegedly for the benefit of herself or her Pheu Thai Party.

The court could also rule her Cabinet liable as well, and force all ministers out of office, leaving a power vacuum that the government's opponents hope to fill with their own loyalists."I would like to deny all allegations I am accused of," Yingluck testified on Tuesday. "As the prime minister, I am entitled to carry out responsibilities I have toward the people ... and for the utmost benefit of the general public.

"Sacking Yingluck and her cabinet could send the nation into uncharted territory, leaving it without a premier, cabinet and lower house - which was dissolved to hold elections in February that were later annulled, AFP news agency reported.

Yingluck appears trapped by legal moves against her premiership after six months of street protests that have left 25 people dead and hundreds wounded in gun and grenade attacks.The court, notoriously unsympathetic to her government, is widely expected to rule against Yingluck, reported the Associated Press news agency.

 

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Thai PM found guilty of abuse of power
Court orders Yingluck Shinawatra to step down, saying her transfer of a civil servant violated the constitution.

Thailand's constitutional court has ordered Yingluck Shinawatra to step down as prime minister after finding her guilty of abusing her power.
The court on Wednesday ruled that Yingluck had abused her authority by transferring a senior civil servant in 2011 to another position. It said the transfer was carried out with a "hidden agenda" to benefit her politically powerful family.
The court also ruled that nine members of her cabinet were complicit in the abuse.
Niwatthamrong Boonsongphaisan, the commerce minister, was named as Thailand's acting prime minister in place of Yingluck.
Thailand has had an acting government since Yingluck dissolved the lower house of parliament in December in a failed attempt to defuse anti-government protests. That election was disrupted and then annulled. A new election is planned for July 20.

Thai PM found guilty of abuse of power - Asia-Pacific - Al Jazeera English

 

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