Thailand’s Supreme Court has Yingluck Shinawatra Prime Minister impeached. You have driven to the displacement of a high official in favor of a relative of the constitution.

The verdict was broadcast live on TV: Thailand’s Constitutional Court has Yingluck Shinawatra Prime Minister removed from office on Wednesday . The court found the politician guilty of abuse of office . Yinglucks ” status ” as the head of government was over , the judge said .

Yingluck had failed with the displacement of the then head of the National Security Council in favor of a relative in 2011 against the Constitution .
Even nine other cabinet members were removed from office , including Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul . The rest of the cabinet remains in office until a new government was , the court ordered .

Successor as Prime Minister Yingluck to be according to the news agency Reuters, the former trade minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongphaisan . The prime minister had denied the allegations on Tuesday that the decision to transfer do not have it , but hit a ministerial committee . She herself had not interfered in the process. “I have never benefited from the transfer of civil servants . ”

Now is expected to resign by Yingluck . In Thailand there for months in a power struggle between the government and the opposition. But until now, the Prime Minister had been able to keep in office.

After the condemnation of Yingluck could lead to new violent protests . Yinglucks supporters accuse the Court to be biased and often to judge against the government. On Saturday they have announced a mass rally . The opposition also wants to re- mobilize its supporters in the coming days .

The opposition holds the head of government for a puppet of her brother Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted by the military in 2006 and lives in exile to avoid a jail sentence imposed in 2008 for abuse of power.

In the conflict especially the rural poor, majority support Yingluck and her brother, as well as the middle layer of the capital Bangkok and supporters of the royal family are facing. The predominantly held in Bangkok protests uferten temporarily out into violence.

In July a new parliament to be elected. But opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva calls for a shift of choice. A previous vote in February, was considered the favorite in the Yingluck, had been declared invalid.

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