BANGKOK, Thailand – The Constitutional Court ruled Friday (March 21st) that a general election held last month was invalid, AFP reported.
A court spokesman told reporters that the 6-3 ruling was reached on the grounds that voting for the February 2nd polls was not held for the entire country on the same day.
A spokesman for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's Puea Thai Party described the outcome as "regrettable", and said the annulment of the vote would "set a bad precedent".
Yingluck's government-- in a caretaker role since the incomplete election-- faces a series of legal challenges that could lead to her removal from office, including negligence charges linked to a rice subsidy scheme.
Twenty-three people have been killed in recent weeks in gun and grenade attacks, mostly anti-government protesters.
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