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Thai Prime Minister survives no-confidence vote

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and five other cabinet ministers have survived the no-confidence motion.
Thai Prime Minister survives no-confidence vote ảnh 1Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha speaks at at an event in Narathiwat province on January 21 (Photo: AFP/VNA)

Bangkok (VNA) – Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and five othercabinet ministers have survived the no-confidence motion.

Prayut received a vote of no-confidence from only 49 members of parliaments(MPs), while 272 MPs say they have trust in his leadership.

The opposition, except for MPs of the dissolved Future Forward Party (FFP) andthe Seri Ruam Thai Party, did not vote on February 28, following an apparentrift among the opposition parties.

Local media on the same day quoted Prime Minister Prayut as saying after thevote, stating that he would not reform his cabinet and would continue to workin a transparent manner.

Earlier, Prime Minister Prayut had to answer questions of no confidence in theHouse of Representatives from February 24-27. The debate ended on the eveningof February 27 after MPs of the ruling coalition flatly rejected theopposition's request to extend the debate to night.

The ruling coalition said that Prayuthad to answer questions too long, leaving little or notime for the remaining ministers./. 
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