ANKARA

Thailand’s Cabinet appointed Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai as acting prime minister on Saturday, a day after the Constitutional Court dismissed suspended Premier Paetongtarn Shinawatra for an ethics violation.

Minister to the Prime Minister’s Office Chusak Sirinil said Phumtham would assume the post with “full authority,” and the Cabinet had adopted a “strict framework” to ensure stability during the transition without exceeding its caretaker mandate, according to the Bangkok Post.

Parliament’s lower house will convene Sept. 3-5 to select a new prime minister from candidates submitted before the May 2023 general election. The existing cabinet will continue in office until a new administration is sworn in, in line with constitutional requirements.

Paetongtarn was ousted after Thailand’s top court ruled her phone call with Cambodian leader Hun Sen — in which she criticized the military’s 2nd Army Region commander amid border tensions — violated ethical standards of her office. The court had already suspended her from duty last month while deliberating the case.

The dismissal marks the latest turbulence for Thailand’s political establishment, which has seen repeated clashes between elected leaders and the judiciary since the ouster of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in 2006.