委任被刑事定罪的部长违宪 法院罢免泰国首相
新闻报报看 | 泰国宪法法院今天裁定，首相赛塔委任皮奇出任部长违宪，即日起被解除首相职务，泰国内阁也随之解散，这使到泰国再次陷入新的政治动荡。（主播：颜江瀚、梁宝仪）
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00:30In fact, a week ago, the Constitutional Court ordered the dismissal of the main opposition party of Thailand, the Progressive Party.
00:35Today, the prime minister's position was removed.
00:38This has caused Thailand to fall into a new political turmoil again.
00:43According to a comprehensive report by Thai media, the judge said during the trial that
00:47the Thai Constitutional Court dismissed him with a 5-4 vote.
00:52Because he seriously violated moral principles,
00:54he appointed a minister who had been convicted of criminal offences.
01:00Okay, let's get to the point.
01:00I have to give you a brief explanation of who Pi Qi is.
01:04In 2008, Pi Qi served as the lawyer of the former prime minister, Tahsin.
01:08Instead of Tahsin, when a controversial land case was heard in court,
01:12he provided the judge with 2 million Thai cash in his pocket
01:18and tried to bribe the judge.
01:20In the end, he was sentenced to six months in prison.
01:23That's because Saita appointed Pi Qi, who had been convicted of criminal offences, as the minister of the cabinet.
01:28On May 16, 40 Thai senators jointly submitted a petition to the Constitutional Court
01:35demanding the termination of Saita and Pi Qi's positions
01:38and the trial of whether Pi Qi's appointment violated the constitution,
01:40whether Saita appointed Pi Qi as the minister of the cabinet, and so on.
01:44According to the Thai Constitution,
01:46those who serve as ministers must be honest and upright,
01:50and those who do not abide by moral standards must not be ministers.
01:54So the senators thought that Saita knew that the other party was guilty,
01:59and he still had to appoint Pi Qi, which violated the constitution.
02:02Although Pi Qi had already resigned before this,
02:05the Constitutional Court still agreed to investigate this case.
02:09After the court today ruled that Saita's prime ministerial position would be revoked,
02:13Saita said he respected the court's decision.
02:16He reiterated that in the past year as the prime minister of Thailand,
02:21he has always led the country with an honest attitude.
02:25Anyway, after Saita resigned,
02:27the vice prime minister of Thailand, Puthan,
02:30is expected to serve as the acting prime minister and lead the government.
02:33The court's ruling today also terminated all the ministerial positions of the Thai cabinet.
02:39But the ministers will continue to fulfill their duties as guardians
02:42until the next court elects a new prime minister.
02:46According to an analysis by the Thai National Daily,
02:49after the court forcibly removed Saita's position,
02:51there may be two situations in Thailand's political situation.
02:55The first one is that one of the vice prime ministers will serve as acting prime minister,
02:59and re-elect him according to the constitutional right to dissolve the Congress.
03:03If the Congress is not dissolved,
03:05how will the new prime minister of Thailand be elected?
03:08According to the report,
03:08one of the members who was listed as the prime minister candidate in last year's Congress election
03:13can be selected to serve as the new prime minister.