In a controversial ruling that deepened Thailand's political crisis, the country's constitutional court on Wednesday ordered Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to leave office, ruling that she abused her powers when she transferred a government official from his post three years ago.
The court also demanded the removal of several of Yingluck's Cabinet ministers who it said were complicit in the transfer, throwing the status of her caretaker government into uncertainty ahead of elections scheduled for July.
Two dozen other ministers remain in their posts, including Deputy Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan, who was named Thailand's new acting leader.
Shinawatra's opponents had accused he! r of transferring the official, National Security Council head Thawil Pliensri, in order to install a member of her influential family in the post. Appearing in court Tuesday, she denied any wrongdoing, saying she "never benefited from any transfer of civil servants."
Los Angeles TimesSource : http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-thailand-prime-minister-yingluck-shinawatra-forced-out-20140507-story.html
