Yingluck Shinawatra’s Impeachment: Deja Vu in Thai Politics
On January 23, 2015, the National Legislative Assembly of Thailand [1] passed a vote on the impeachment of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, de facto removed from power in May 2014. Yingluck Shinawatra was banned from politics for the next five years by an overwhelming majority (190 lawmakers voted to impeach her, 18 voted against impeachment, 8 abstained, and 3 ballots were declared ...