(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) r/>Bangkok May 07 - A Thailand court has ordered Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and several cabinet ministers to step down.
The Constitutional Court ruled that Prime Minister Yingluck acted illegally when she transferred her national security head.
The ruling follows months of political deadlock. Anti-government protesters have been trying to oust Yingluck since November 2013.
The remaining cabinet members have nominated the commerce minister to replace Yingluck.
Deputy Prime Minister Phongthep Thepkanjana said "The cabinet has agreed to appoint Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan to act as caretaker prime minister." Authorities accused Shinawatra of abusing power when she transferred her national security chief appointed by opposition-led administration in 2011.
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