What is the basis for the Thai Constitutional Court’s ruling that Peetongtan was unconstitutional? what is the impact of Peetongtan’s departure on Thailand’s political situation?
On August 29, nine judges of the Constitutional Court of Thailand ruled by a 6 - 3 vote that Peitontan, who had been suspended as prime minister, had indeed acted unconstitutionally and immediately dismissed her as prime minister. In other words, Petontan has been ousted.
Just a week ago, Petongtan also publicly appeared in the Constitutional Court of Thailand to be questioned about the recording of her phone call with Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen. In the relevant defense materials submitted to the court, she clearly defined her call with Hun Sen as a diplomatic act, emphasizing that "the call was completely conducted within the diplomatic framework" without personal feelings.
At the same time, she also explained the phrase "What you want, tell me directly, and I will arrange it" in the "call door", calling it an "interest-oriented" negotiation skill, with the purpose of guiding the other party to put forward conditions, so as to create space for follow-up negotiations, not promising to accept all requirements, nor betraying national interests to please Hun Sen.
Why did the Thai Constitutional Court finally rule that she was unconstitutional? What is the basis for it?According to the judgment, although Petonthan and Huntsen spoke in order to protect the national interests, she had in the conversation negative remarks involving the Thai military and apologized to Huntsen, which was not in the interests of the country and there were unconstitutional acts.
How do you read this sentence? First of all,The court recognized that the starting point of Peitontan's call with Hun Sen was for Thailand's national interests, which is good;Secondly,During the call, Peetong should not have pointed to the Thai military, saying that "the Thai military does not obey the government command", and called the military general Bensing a "crazy" personality, a "enemy of the government", by defaming the image of the Thai army to "show good."
So what impact will Peitontan's resignation have on Thailand's political situation? First,For Petonthan herself, being removed from the post of prime minister, on the one hand, this will also be a big dirt point in her political career, and it can be blamed only on her own inadequate political experience and inability to cope with complex international political situations, her idea is too naive to think that through a "habitual" way to solve the border contradiction between the two countries, but the reality is obviously not so simple.
Secondly,The fall of Patton-Tam will greatly weaken the influence of the ruling party for the Thai Party and his family in Thailand, leading to increased political uncertainty in Thailand. In recent times, the public opinion in Thailand has been discussing whether to dissolve the House of Representatives and hold the House of Representatives elections, if Prime Minister Patton finally chose to dissolve the House of Representatives and trigger the House of Representatives early elections, then the political situation in Thailand will be facing a new "washing of cards", when there will be no exclusion and there will be street protests, political conflict situation, this turbulent situation will hinder the recovery of the Thai economy to a certain extent.
When the "Call Gate" incident first came out, Hun Sen predicted that the Thai Prime Minister would be replaced. At that time, his original words were, "The internal power struggle in Thailand is not easy to solve, and the Thai Prime Minister will be replaced in the next three months". Moreover, this "call door" incident was initiated by him. If he hadn't sent the recording of the call to the top officials of the Cambodian government, there wouldn't be so many things after that. The purpose of his doing so was to create trouble for Thai politics, sow internal relations in Thailand, and trigger infighting among various factions in Thailand.Although this was a trick, it seemed that he won this time, but his personal international reputation was obviously also affected, and the affair also dropped the two-country relationship directly to the ice.
Less than 24 hours after Petuntan was dismissed as Prime Minister, our country also spoke out, with a very clear attitude, mainly emphasizing two points: first, this is Thailand's internal affairs, and our country has always adhered to the principle of non-interference in other countries' internal affairs; second, as a close and friendly neighbor of Thailand, we hope that Thailand will maintain stability and development. The latter sentence we sent to Thailand can be regarded as a "reassurance" for the Thai side. After all, after the "call door" incident, Thai politicians are not only worried about their domestic political instability, but also worried that this incident will affect Thailand's foreign relations, including our China.