In a very bizarre twist of event, Thailand’s Prime Minister, Samak Sundaravej, was forced to resign Tuesday along with his Cabinet after the Constitutional Court ruled that he had broken a conflict-of-interest law by hosting TV cooking shows while in office. However, the Court also ruled that Samak’s Cabinet will remain in a caretaker position until a new administration is installed.
Samak, who has cooked for visiting leaders before, hosted a popular TV cooking show called “Tasting and Complaining’’ for seven years before becoming prime minister earlier in 2008. He continued to make several appearances after taking office, thus breaking a constitutional prohibition on private employment while in office.
This event happened amidst the country's on-going political turmoil and declaration of the state of emergency just last week.
Thai stock market has crashed by more than 24% this year. On top of that, investors and tourists are shunning this country for fear of political unrest and streets demonstrations.
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