The prime minister of Thailand was fired for hiring a person with a previous conviction
Thailand's Constitutional Court has found the country's prime minister, Settha Thavisin, guilty of violating the code of conduct for Cabinet officials, the Bangkok Post reported.
5 of the nine judges voted in favor of the decision to dismiss Thavisin, and 4 voted against it. Along with the prime minister, his cabinet will also resign.
A group of 40 former senators of the Thai parliament filed a complaint against the politician, who has been in office for less than a year.
The complaint alleges that Thavisin this spring appointed Pichit Chuenban, a lawyer who was jailed for six months in a 2008 corruption case, as minister in the prime minister's office.
According to the investigation, Chuenban and his two colleagues tried to bribe the employees of the Supreme Court by putting 2 million baht (around $57,000) in their lunch box. These three served the interests of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife.
Chuenban resigned three weeks after his appointment. The former prime minister stated that, being a businessman, he was not familiar with the rules governing the appointment to ministerial positions. However, the court did not accept this excuse because the Chuenban case was a good publicity stunt.
Deputy Prime Minister Pumtam Vechayachay will perform his duties until the parliament elects a new prime minister.
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