August 9, 2024 4:45 PM

Why Thailand’s judges are front and centre in its tumultuous politics

Thailand's Constitutional Court will on Aug. 14 rule on the fate of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, just days after it dissolved 2023 election winner Move Forward, underlining the judiciary's central role in the country's long-running battle for power. The two cases have heightened political uncertainty and raised concerns about potential upheaval in Southeast Asia's second-biggest economy, which has seen two decades of intermittent turmoil, with multiple parties disbanded and governments topp...