he had this to say after the constitutional court. the party's executive members and i deeply sad for the dissolving of our party. it is sure to have an impact on basic political rights. our reporting in thailand is complicated by the country's. laws protecting the monarchy. is following the story in bangkok and explains why this ruling is important verdict did not come as a surprise after all. it's already the third party affiliated with ousted former prime minister taksin shinawatra that gets by thailand's constitutional court many party supporters view the ban as politically motivated they argue. had been down to roll tide long ago and was therefore eligible to run but when the king voiced his dismay there was little room left for maneuver with today's sentence more than two hundred fifty m.p. candidates have moved from the race reducing chances of the tocsin camp to when less than three weeks before thailand's long awaited general elections the country's political future is up in the air. reporting from bangkok and reacting to the

yes well that by the nine constitutional court judges was finished being read out just a few moments ago and it was a unanimous decision all knowing voted in favor of the decision to dissolve the tie rocks a charter party the other decision they had to make which were the band the leaders of the party the fourteen executive committee members from politics at least ten years they didn't you know them silly but they did pass that so they voted sixty three in favor of banning the leaders from politics fourteen years of course with the dissolution of this party. it's the end of the line for the candidates they were to stand in the election on march twenty fourth almost three hundred candidates in constituency seats and also running for the party list can now no longer take part in that election we heard from several of the judges in what was a relatively brief reading of the verdict one of them said that the political parties must abide by the constitution the constitution says that the king the royal family are above politics and the monarchy shouldn't be used as a political tool if in

government agencies from using its products because of security concerns thailand's constitutional court has dissolved one of the country's main opposition parties the thai rocks a child was found guilty of violation election rules phenomena princess as their candidate for prime minister. a court in france has found a catholic cardinal guilty of failing to act on child sex abuse in his diocese. a prominent church figure and five others stood trial accused of failing to protect children from crimes committed by a priest in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's. syrian refugees in jordan are taking a case against the syrian government to the international criminal court they accuse president assad's forces of crimes against humanity saying they were forced to flee because of life threatening attacks they also want the court to look at a wider pattern of rights abuses and tooting torture rape chemical attacks and disappearances at least one person has been killed and twenty nine injured in a grenade attack on a bus station in didn't minister to kashmir the device rolled under a bus a

yes well those nine constitutional court judges have been inside the court room behind me going over the last piece of evidence formulating their verdict in just a few moments ago they began their acts by what could be a very long process of reading that verdict out involving the potential dissolution of the time rocks a charge party at the moment one of those nine judges going through a few formalities before the reading all that verdict proper will begin very difficult to say exactly what these nine member panel will come up with as you mention the accusation is that this party drags the more mickey in to politics which is something that is not done in thailand the royal family is seen as being above politics so it was a surprise move almost a month ago exactly when the party announced that princess who won right would be its candidates become prime minister on the twenty fourth of march and in just a few hours after that announcement that announcement was made it was shot down really in a statement that was released by the palace saying that it was inappropriate and that it was un

the next for the country's constitutional court has dissolved a political party that has tried to front a royal as a prime minister candidate for the upcoming general election. you have last month nominated princess. as its candidate for the polls on march the twenty fourth the move up into decades of tradition in thailand but the royal family doesn't get involved in politics the princess's nomination was cancelled after. king long. other leader of the such a party had this to say after the cost of court's verdict. executive members and i deeply sad for the dissolving of our party. it is sure to have an impact on basic political rights. a reporting in thailand is complicated by the country's just laws protecting the monarchy the correspondent is following the story in bangkok and explains why this ruling is important the verdict did not come as a surprise after all thai rak such odds is already the third party affiliated with ousted former prime minister taksin shinawatra that gets the boot by thailand's constitutional court many party supporters view the ban as politically motivated th

we considered the out to the party as untaken istic towards the constitutional monarchy the court has ordered that the party be dissolved the fourteen members of the party's executive committee were also banned from politics for ten years. to party executive members and i are deeply sad about that the solving of our party it is sure to have an impact on basic political rights the verdict came a month after thai rocks a chart announced that princess would be its candidate to become prime minister in the election hours later the palace said the move was inappropriate and unconstitutional from that moment it seemed unlikely the party would survive in a country where the monarchy is seen as untouchable. still the campaign continued until a week ago when it held what would become its farewell rally in bangkok this is the third time the constitutional court has dissolved the party backed by former prime minister taksin shinawatra in fact six out of the nine judges that made this ruling were also involved in one or both of those previous cases jackson was removed from power in a coup in two

thailand's constitutional court has dissolved a prominent opposition party and bandits leaders from politics for ten years the thai rocks a charge party was found guilty of violating election laws for nomination princess as their candidate for prime minister the king said it was inappropriate for royals to get involved in politics thailand is set to hold elections on march twenty fourth when haye has more from bangkok the nine constitutional court judges took less than forty minutes to deliver their verdict that the thai charge party should be dissolved it was a unanimous decision all nine judges voted in favor of that it wasn't unanimous though when it came to the other decision of whether to ban the leaders of this party from politics they voted six to three those in favor of banning the executive committee members all fourteen of them from politics in thailand for the next ten years it's also of course the end of the road for almost three hundred candidates that were to stand for this party in the election on march twenty fourth in both constituency seats and the party list they cannot no

to thailand now where the constitutional court has dissolved a prominent opposition party and banned its leaders from politics for ten years tyra child was found guilty of violating election laws for nominating princess as their candidate for prime minister the king said it was inappropriate for royals to get involved in politics when he has more from bangkok. there was a somber mood among the leaders of the thai rocks a charred party as they arrived at the constitutional court in bangkok they knew these would probably be the final moments of the party's existence. they didn't have to wait long for confirmation the nine judges took less than forty minutes to deliver a unanimous verdict. we considered the acts of the party as an attack an instinct towards the constitutional monarchy the court has ordered that the party be dissolved the fourteen members of the party's executive committee were also banned from politics for ten years. to party executive members and i are deeply sad about that is solving a party it is sure to have an impact on basic political rights the verdicts came a mo

to thailand now with the constitutional court has dissolved a prominent opposition party and banned its leaders from politics for ten years type of rocks a child was found guilty of violating election laws for nominating princess or one right as their candidate for prime minister the king said it was an appropriate for royals to get involved in politics when have reports from back cock. there was a somber mood among the leaders of the thai rocks a charred party as they arrived at the constitutional court in bangkok they knew these would probably be the final moments of the party's existence. they didn't have to wait long for confirmation the nine judges took less than forty minutes to deliver a unanimous verdict. we considered the acts of the party as an attack an instinct towards the constitutional monarchy the court has ordered that the party be dissolved the fourteen members of the party's executive committee were also banned from politics for ten years. to party executive members and i are deeply sad about that is solving a party it is sure to have an impact on basic political right

the nine constitutional court judges took less than forty minutes to deliver that they have verdicts that the thai party should be dissolved it was a unanimous decision all nine judges voted in favor of that it wasn't unanimous though when it came to the other decision of whether to ban the leaders of this party from politics they voted six to three those in favor of banning the executive committee members all fourteen of them from politics in thailand for the next ten years it's also of course the end of the road for almost three hundred candidates that would to stand for this party in the election on march twenty fourth in both constituency seats and the party list they cannot now take part in this election this is the third time that the constitutional court has moved to dissolve a party backed by the former thai prime minister taksin chynna what he was removed in a coup in two thousand and six and lives in exile this will be seen by the thai rexx a charge party and its supporters as yet another move against the shin of what clan and its influence over thai politics brains coming

now thailand's constitutional court has dissolved a prominent opposition party and banned its leaders from politics for ten years time rocks charge was found guilty of violating election laws for nominating princess who won rod as their candidate for prime minister the king said it was inappropriate for royals to get involved in politics thailand will hold elections on march twenty fourth and this is the latest chapter in a long running power struggle between the time military and the powerful shinawatra family the thai roxette chart party is considered loyal to former prime minister attacks in shinawatra attacks in and his supporters have won every election since two thousand and one even after he was ousted in a military coup in two thousand and six he says the young law became prime minister in two thousand and eleven but she too was removed from power in another military takeover in two thousand and fourteen both now live abroad in self-imposed exile after they were convicted on rayna range of charges they say a politically motivated time rocks a charge is one of several political

this was a very rushed judgement by the normal standards of the constitutional court, raising the constitutionalhimself did come out on the same day that was nominated and clarified that in his view and a member of the family could get involved in politics. this party, thai raksa involved in politics. this party, thai ra ksa chart involved in politics. this party, thai raksa chart party, is backed by the former prime minister thaksin shinawatra. what will his supporters do? will they boycott? no, they have been waiting a long time for the elections. supporters believe strongly not to boycott because generally they do very well stop the troubled by them is that the military has a written constitution which puts handcuffs on their electoral powers and leaves and appointed senate which backs the military giving her charts for the general to continue in office. it also limits the number of seats the main pro— thaksin shinawatra can win. they limit the system and gather proportional vote seats in areas where they are not strong. it does damage thaksin shinawatra's strategy. he may be on course to win

ducasse said he was seeking to revise several provisions already approved by the country's constitutional court. decided to object to six of the hundred and fifty nine articles of the specials jurisdictions for peace law since i consider them inconvenient i invite congress to debate the changes in a constructive manner. former fike rebels and members of colombia's military have already gone before the tribunals which offers reduced penalties and sentences other than prison for those who tell the truth and compensate victims mystifies. among other provisions aims to remove sexual crimes from the tribunal's jurisdiction and create a separate system for military members responsible of crimes against humanity for opposition parties accuse the president of breaching the constitution the boy if you open the stall the risk goes beyond the functions of the tribunal we are putting at risk our democracy and the rule of law most political analysts believe the veto will weaken the tribunals and there mining the transitional justice system at the heart of the accords here were not only talking about the mob

thailand's constitutional court has dissolved a prominent opposition party and banned its leaders from politics for ten years time charge was found guilty of violating election laws for nominating princess or one rock as their candidate for prime minister the king said it was inappropriate for royals to get involved in politics when he has more from bangkok. there was a somber mood among the leaders of the thai rocks a charred party as they arrived at the constitutional court in bangkok they may.

ducasse said he was seeking to revise several provisions already approved by the country's constitutional court. decided to object to six hundred fifty nine articles of the specials jurisdictions for peace law since i consider them convenient i am vied congress to debate the changes in a constructive manner. former fike rebels and members of colombia's military have already gone before the tribunal which offers reduced penalties and sentences other than prison for those who tell the truth and compensate victims. among other provisions aims to remove sexual crimes from the tribunal's jurisdiction and create a separate system for military members responsible of crimes against humanity opposition parties accuse the president of breaching the constitution. if you open the stall the risk goes beyond the functions of the tribunal we are putting at risk our democracy and the rule of law. most political analysts believe the veto will weaken the tribunals undermining the transitional justice system at the heart of the accords and here we're not only talking about the mobilized guerrillas we're talking a

thaksin shinawatra has been dealt a big blow just weeks ahead of national elections talent's constitutional court ordered the chart party to be dissolved after finding it guilty of an act hostile to the monarchy last month the party nominated princess obo rocked as its candidate for prime minister she later withdrew after her brother the king declared her candidacy inappropriate the court has already banned two other parties linked to what he did every years correspondent floria know she has been following the verdict from bangkok. verdict did not come as a surprise after all thai rocks the job is already the third party affiliated with ousted former prime minister taksin shinawatra that gets the boot by thailand's constitutional court many party supporters view the ban as politically motivated they argue prince's rubbed head we now need to roll tide long ago and was there for eligible to run but when the king voiced his dismay there was little room left for maneuver with today's sentence more than two hundred fifty m.p. candidates have been removed from the race reducing chances of the tocsin ca

we considered the act of the party as an attack in history towards the constitutional monarchy the court has ordered that the party be dissolved. the fourteen members of the party's executive committee were also banned from politics for ten years. to party executive members and i are deeply sad about that is solving a party it is sure to have an impact on basic political rights the verdict came a month after thai rocks a chart announced that princess would be its candidate to become prime minister in the election hours later the palace said the move was inappropriate and unconstitutional from that moment it seemed unlikely the party would survive in a country where the monarchy is seen as untouchable. still the campaign continued until a week ago when it held what would become its farewell rally in bangkok this is the third time the constitutional court has dissolved the party backed by former prime minister taksin shinawatra in fact six out of the nine judges that made this ruling were also involved in one or both of those previous cases jackson was removed from power in a coup in two t

we considered the acts of the party as an attack an instinct towards the constitutional monarchy the court has ordered that the party be dissolved the fourteen members of the party's executive committee were also banned from politics for ten years. to party executive members and i are deeply sad about that the solving of our party it is sure to have an impact on basic political rights the verdict came a month after thai rocks a chart announced that princess would be its candidate to become prime minister in the election hours later the palace said the move was inappropriate and unconstitutional from that moment it seemed unlikely the party would survive in a country where the monarchy is seen as untouchable. still the campaign continued until a week ago when it held what would become its farewell rally in bangkok this is the third time the constitutional court has dissolved the party backed by former prime minister taksin shinawatra in fact six out of the nine judges that made this ruling were also involved in one or both of those previous cases jackson was removed from power in a coup in

of the ruling socialist party so what was unexpected for us was to see that members of the constitutional court did not pass the vetting process as they were a fall off not justifying their worth or some of the judges that did not pass or prosecutors that did not pass the vetting were found to have connections with. criminal organization the socialists say the courts will open again in may but that may be too late to restore transparency and political stability. john psaropoulos joins us live from the capital tehran as such on the opposition have walked out of parliament they're refusing dialogue so what do they think the best way to effect change as by holding these kind of protests on the streets what are they saying. because the opposition says that the political system is broken because what the socialist party has been effective in their words is state capture it's not it's to permeate the state machinery that you do cherie and also the economy with its own people which it says are corrupt because the state because the socialist party has been funded by drug money and it is simply a system

thailand's constitutional court has dissolved a prominent opposition party and banned its leaders from politics for ten years time russia charge was found guilty of violating election laws for nominating princess or one rock as their candidate for prime minister the king said it was inappropriate for royals to get involved in politics when he has more from bangkok . there was a somber mood among the leaders of the thai rocks a charge party as they arrived at the constitutional court in bangkok they knew these would probably be the final moments of the party's existence. they didn't have to wait long for confirmation the nine judges took less than forty minutes to deliver a unanimous verdict. we considered the act of the party as and towards the constitutional monarchy the court has ordered that the party be dissolved the fourteen members of the party's executive committee were also banned from politics for ten years. to party executive members and i are deeply sad about that the solving of our party it is sure to have an attack on basic political rights the verdict came a month after t

and thailand's constitutional court says ruling on whether to ban one of the country's main opposition parties the party is accused of violating election laws for nomination princess dollars their candidate for prime minister in an upcoming father's. accord in france is due to deliver its verdict on a roman catholic cardinal on trial for covering up sex abuse called will fully barberin and five others are accused of protecting a pedophile priest boy scouts were abused by the priest who has confessed in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's while the trial is being held in leon and our correspondent is there natasha this has been a huge case for the church. there has indeed been a huge case for the church where i'm standing now in the court and we all we are expecting that verdict to be delivered shortly by a judge the cardinal is also expected to be here in the courtroom he will learn his fate now he does face up to three years in prison if he is found guilty of having failed to report a priest accused of child sex abuse as you said in the seventy's eighty's and ninety's here in

depend on many factors we have to wait and see what happens on the thirtieth of march when the constitutional court will approve those religious to run for the presidential elections and i think that could ignite more anger in algeria the general sentiment now among many people of the protests the opposition is that the elections should be postponed they say they don't think of the environment could be conducive to and instability in algeria i think of the momentum continues over the coming weeks the army will definitely have to step in know the of cautiously monitoring the situation on the ground and they're looking for that balancing act they don't want to be seen siding with. and of the same time sounding against the algerian people. now the deadline for civilians to leave the syrian village of booze is fast approaching the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces said they would resume their assault on my sil's last enclave on saturday if no more civilians left by the end of the afternoon more than sixty five thousand people mostly women and children are now seeking shelter in the kurdish hot.

but it wasn't the supermarkets who took the issue to the constitutional court senior politicians argued that it reminded them of cars. i mean as i'm and that other potential beneficiaries will losing out. our complaint was about the state prescribing who the chains have to give the food to. some shops for example used to get the product. but they're no longer allowed to do so despite the quantities available being enough for everyone. it's not enough says stanislav sadly that due to high food prices even regular pensioners are dependent on his help in his opinion the state is reluctant to help those in need but. the problem is that there aren't many people like me who say to themselves well i have my pension i don't need to earn money and so i can help on a volunteer basis i don't add anything when i do this. stanislav would now like a refrigerator in his garage so that he can legally store and distribute even more but the czech republic is by no means a paradise for the needy. and now to north africa and then almost forgotten conflict since one nine hundred seventy three the polish sar

past elections starting with it and it is not only parliament that is paralyzed the country's constitutional court and supreme court opposed as a judicial shakedown corrupt judges the big question for all media is whether it'll be allowed to open membership talks with the european union in june it cannot do so without a fully functioning judiciary in the ruling socialists also face a test of their popularity that month in local elections they say the country's top courts will be fully functional by the democratic opposition says that is merely another ploy to buy time the government says it is the protesters who are acting illegally and that it has the law on its side these protests of your position is not against us they don't have anything against us they have everything against justice reform and the new justice institutions a new prosecutor against corruption is going to be created this is how cvs and reach this protest but i know most albanians want to see the justice system working but it's the creation of a truly independent judiciary to go after all corrupt politicians that will be the big

had taxied anticipated dissolution is because it haens -- scenes at the two thousands the constitutional court has sold the taxing party it's the third time so two times before. the first time he was in two thousand seven it was at the time the tactile rock type we teach the ties love the ties and the second time it was the pylon projections of the sexist or party. to the tie rack tie so it's the same time -- proved taxing party ease diesel but it's not the main one this time it's the sister party the smallest. all right use usually merial without all of those insights into at the intricate and complicated world of thai politics thank you very much for that. now about his sons are mine are in the delco softer surprise defeat last night against manchester united in the champions league. at the french press are particularly critical as psg became the first team to be eliminated after winning the away like. two zero at p. as she has never. won they did even worse writes the french sports publication they keep while others deemed its defeat against manchester united unforgivable. perhaps becse of

government agencies from using its products because of security concerns thailand's constitutional court has dissolved one of the country's main opposition parties tire oxer chart was found guilty of violating election laws for nominating a princess as their candidate for prime minister a court in france has found a catholic cardinal guilty of failing to act on allegations of child abuse in his diocese tasha butler is in legal. well after the verdict was read out the lawyer for victims association here in said outside the courtroom that this was an historic occasion and that's because it involves one of france's top catholic clerics the cardinal phillip been found guilty by this court of failing to report child sexual abuse he has been handed a six month suspended prison sentence now the cardinal decided not to appear for the verdict he had been here in january during his trial his lawyers say that he will appeal the cardinal has always denied the charges leveled against him and they really center around the case of a priest called they are now who in the seventy's eighty's and ninety's

fire water cannon all students demonstrating in algiers the protesters wanted to get to the constitutional court to stop abdelaziz bouteflika standing for a fifth term in next month's presidential election the eighty two year old has used a wheelchair since suffering a stroke in twenty thirty in the israeli seat in public he recently travelled to switzerland for medical checks. on saturday he sucked is the patron campaign manager possibly a tactic to calm the growing protest movement that started last month the day before tens of thousands of people had taken to the streets in the capital police used tear gas and there was scuffles near the presidential palace. there were also large demonstrations in the second city oregon and other towns across the country the protests represent the biggest challenge in years to your forty's and have surprise some observers. remember on the fourth term up with a flick line twenty fourteen there was tens to hundreds of protesters so not that much we're seeing now hundreds of thousands of protesters and the concentration was just in algiers and maybe one or two t

the protesters wanted the constitutional court to stop abdelaziz bouteflika standing for a fifth term in next month's election. police fired water cannon in the capital as the crowd swirls. around. the protests have been echoed in places like france thousands demonstrated in paris on sunday as well as in other cities we are all mobilizing through for example today being many be going up against their fixed mandates but also against the system they have taken our country away from us president buttafuoco who's eighty two has used a wheelchair since suffering a stroke in twenty thirteen and is rarely seen in public he recently travelled to switzerland for medical checks. on saturday he said his veteran campaign manager possibly a tactic to calm the growing protest movement. the data for tens of thousands of people took to the streets in the capital and in towns across algeria protesters held rocks at police who fired tear gas more than two hundred people including dozens of police officers were injured the protests represent the biggest challenge the beautiful it has ruled since the twe

early as students told the president it's time to go the protesters wanted the constitutional court to stop with a fake a standing for a fifth term in next month's election in response to the protests beautifully because campaign manager it signaled the president will not rule for long if he wins a post election in one year or more some mean one hell of a day doubt i insist by the power of god if the algerian people renew their confidence in me to hold the historic responsibility to achieve their fundamental requirement to change the system i pledge to organize early elections to be set up by the independent national conference i pledged not to be a candidate in the last election. police fired water cannon in the capital as crowd swelled the protests have been echoed in places like france thousands demonstrated in paris on sunday as well as in other cities we are all mobilizing through for example today being many be going up against that fifth mandate but also against the system that has taken our country away from a president but to feed his eighty to his you. to wheelchair since suf

business leaders tried to leave the country but was stopped at the airport analogy is the constitutional court has now given an ultimatum resign or be removed but some members of the opposition protesters want his entire government gone and the army chief has already suggested a constitutional measure could be used to remove the president on health grounds where he has more now from neighboring tunisia. president abdelaziz bouteflika is practically left alone the mother of the presidential palace has been abandoned by the army by his own party the national liberation front by some heavy tea our allies like the former prime minister ahmed here by a big trade union and more key figures are now think it's about time to remove the president and appoint a replacement however the opposition and the protestors are of the view that it triggered an triggering article one hundred to one solve the problems of algeria and that one needs to be done is to find someone else they are now talking about potential candidates like former president lee i mean like. ben bait to to lead a transitional council to dra

new law aimed at criminalizing the illegal enrichment of officials has been held up in the constitutional court the man who built all this former president viktor younger coverage now lives a life of obscurity in russia but despite efforts to reform it there are still traces of the system he left behind people who feel that a position in parliament a position in government are certain routes to easy riches and possibly in ukraine there always will be jonah hold al-jazeera kiev. british and specter say that they found significant security problems with software supplied by chinese telecom giant huawei their report identifies defects which they say could be exploited by hackers but it stops short of calling for an outright ban on the firm's equipment the united states is pushing european nations to ban huawei for next generation mobile networks to be introduced in the coming weeks well john biggs is a reporter for tech crunch an online publication on the tech industry he says the u.k. government's problems with weiwei are nothing. what they've described here is a an active refusal to fix problems

ducasse said he was seeking to revise several provisions already approved by the country's constitutional court. decided to object to six hundred fifty nine articles of the specials jurisdictions for peace law since i consider them convenient vide congress to debate the changes in a constructive manner. former fike rebels and members of colombia's military have already gone before the tribunals which offers reduced penalties and sentences other than prison for those who tell the truth and compensate victims. among other provisions aims to remove sexual crimes from the tribunals jurisdiction and create a separate system for military members responsible of crimes against humanity opposition parties accuse the president of breaching the constitution. if you open the stall the risk goes beyond the functions of the tribunal we are putting at risk our democracy and the rule of law. most political analysts believe the veto will weaken the tribunals and they're mining the transitional justice system at the heart of the accord here not only talking about demobilize guerrillas we're talking about members

algeria i think the turning point could be on the thirtieth of this month of march when the constitutional court will announce those who are eligible religious to one for the presidential elections and that is a thing. many senior opposition members have decided to stay away from the elections saying the these are not easy to meet elections at all and that our presence there is more of a window dressing of the those who run the country behind closed doors are trying to use his name just to perpetuate their influence over the country this is number one number two the momentum now is for massive radical change in algeria it could be an indication for the army to decide in its next move because it's the most powerful organized organization or establishment in the area and this is the one we should have a final say over which way the wind is going to blow in algeria and to think if the momentum continuous it could be an indication it's about time for someone else to replace. a van the formality of that will be a big challenge is going to be through a transitional period of one year two years after t

earlier students told the president it's time to go the protesters want to the constitutional court to stop what a flick a stand in for a fifth term in next month's election in response to the protests beautifully because campaign manager it signaled the president will not rule for long if he wins a post election were in no neither was someone. i pledge to organize early elections to be set up by the independent national conference i pledged not to be a candidate and that selection. before that announcement police fired water cannon in the capitol as crowd swelled the protests have been echoed in places like france thousands demonstrated in paris on sunday as well as in other cities we are all mobilizing through for example today being many be going up against the fifth mandates but also against the system that has taken our country away from a president but to flee his eighty two has used a wheelchair since suffering a stricken twenty thirteen and is rarely seen in public to recently travel to switzerland for medical checks on saturday he sacked his veteran campaign manager possibly a