Aug 04,2021:Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has won a confidence vote in the Parliament after a frenzy of speculation over the makeup of the ruling coalition.
Rumours his own political allies might try to unseat him had recently overshadowed harsh criticism from the Opposition about his government’s coronavirus response.
Thai media were instead abuzz with rumours that the secretary-general of the military-backed ruling party was leading the effort to unseat Mr. Prayuth and to add the main Opposition party to the coalition.
Mr. Prayuth won 264 votes in the House of Representatives against 208 no confidence votes September 4.
Thai lawmakers voted on September 4 on no-confidence motions filed against PM Prayuth and five members of his Cabinet, after four days of Opposition criticism were overshadowed by heady speculation that his own allies might try to unseat him.
Little attention was given to the details of the Opposition’s harsh accusations that Prayuth’s administration had botched the coronavirus response, countenanced corruption and mismanaged the economy.
