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the prime minister." The
Constitutional Court subsequently dropped the case against Pichit, but kept the case against Srettha open which will be ruled on 14 August. On 10 June, Srettha submitted his written defence to the court where he argued that Article 160 (4) and (5) can only applied to when Pichit was appointed as a Prime Minister's Office Minister and not retroactively. On 14 August, the Constitutional Court dismissed Srettha for appointing Pichit to his cabinet, ruling that his inclusion fell short of official moral and ethical standards.
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Srettha was a ploy aimed primarily at deposing Srettha as Prime Minister, and that ministerial ethics apply only to his actions after appointment and did not apply to when he was imprisoned. Other critics of his appointment point to Pichit's close relations to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra who returned to Thailand from exile in 2023 but still holds considerable influence in the Pheu Thai Party.
244:(NACC) began to investigate Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra over her role in the rice pledging scheme. In February, the NACC came to the decision to charge Yingluck for dereliction of duty and called her to report to the NACC office on 27 February. She was however absent and sent her lawyer Pichit to acknowledge the charge on her behalf. Later in March during the Pheu Thai campaign for the
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requesting the removal of Pichit and
Srettha from office. The senators argued that Pichit was unfit to serve in a cabinet post due to him having served jail time, and that his appointment violated Section 160 (4) and (5) of the court charter. Pichit responded by saying that the dismissal case against
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On 21 May 2024, Pichit resigned from his position of Prime
Minister's Office Minister even though he had declared in the morning that he wouldn't quit. In his resignation letter, he stated that "Even though I have been vetted and honestly believe that I am qualified by law, this matter is linked to
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2 million inside a paper bag. The bag had been left at the
Supreme Court earlier on 10 June and was discovered on the same day Thaksin and Potjaman were due to appear before the court. All three denied any wrongdoing. Thana admitted to the money belonging to him. He however said that the money was
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Chaimongkol of the Network of Students and People Reforming Thailand and Anond Klingkaew of the People's Centre to Protect the Monarchy petitioned the Election Commission to investigate the qualifications of Pichit as Prime Minister's Office Minister. On May 17, a group of 40
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not intended to be a bribe and the fault laid in his driver who was supposed to pick up an identical bag containing chocolate for the
Supreme Court officials. After serving their six months jail time, prosecutors didn't press bribery charges against them.
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Lawyers Council of Thailand subsequently suspended their licenses for five years after their sentences. On 30 May 2014, the Central Administrative Court dismissed an attempt by Pichit and Supasri to overturn their license bans.
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