Thai president Forced To Resign Over Cooking Show
By Alexx08
@Alexx08 (93)
Germany
September 9, 2008 9:47am CST
You can think and say what you want about Thailand's president but the following story sounds a little bit wrong or at least unusual to me.
The Thai president has been forced to resign from office for hosting a cooking show on TV. His actions have been rule unconstitutional by 9 courts. The hosting act is considered a second job which is clearly forbidden by the constitution.
Seems like the legal argument is right but it's kind of strange. What do you think?
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4 responses
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
9 Sep 08
If having a second job is clearly forbidden by the constitution then he shouldn't have been hosting a cooking show. It certainly is a strange situation but I would imagine that the Thai people have the right to have their president focus 100% on his job as leader of their country.
@clrumfelt (5490)
• United States
9 Sep 08
I think someone in Thai's courts wants to be rid of the president. Maybe it is a silent coup in progress. However, if their constutition forbids the president from having a second job, he is bound by that law. If he had only appeared on a cooking show rather than hosting one, perhaps the courts would have to relent, but that wasn't the case evidently.
@ZephyrSun (7381)
• United States
9 Sep 08
Do you think he was working to "make ends meet"? Maybe they should have given him a pay increase. I couldn't imagine Bush doing a cooking show, but I also have a hard time believing he could follow a recipe.
