Vendors attend to customers at a morning market along a street in Bangkok on January 22, 2025. Thailand is mired in slow growth relative to its peers, with households burdened by debt. - AFP
BANGKOK: Thailand’s ruling coalition was already fraying when a court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Tuesday (July 1), raising fresh doubts about her survival, the country’s economy and the future of a dynasty that has loomed over the South-East Asian nation for decades.
In a blow to a country long plagued by political instability, the Constitutional Court sidelined the 38-year-old leader over a complaint linked to a leaked phone call in which she appeared to criticise the army and side with Cambodia in a border dispute - a potential breach of conduct under the constitution. She has 15 days to respond. For now, Deputy Prime Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit leads a shaky coalition.
