Opposition plans last censure debate against PM in early 2023

Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand at the APEC Summit 2022
Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand at the APEC Summit 2022. Photo: ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา Prayut Chan-o-cha  / Facebook.

Opposition parties plan to grill Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and other cabinet ministers in a debate early next year. Pheu Thai MP Tasanee Buranupakorn said [Read More…]

Opposition demand Prayut’s resignation as defence minister over HTMS Sukhothai tragedy

Parliament, meeting at the National Legislative Assembly
Parliament, meeting at the National Legislative Assembly. Photo: Public Relations Department. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Thailand’s opposition parties are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha from his position as Defence Minister, to demonstrate responsibility over the sinking of [Read More…]

Thai opposition to seek no-vote censure debate against the government

Cabinet Meeting with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at Government House
Cabinet Meeting with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at Government House. Photo: ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา Prayut Chan-o-cha / Facebook.

Thai opposition parties will submit a motion to the House Speaker in mid-November, seeking a general censure debate on the government, without a vote, to [Read More…]

Opposition MP Seripisut says Prayut unfit to stay on

Prayut visits Sukhothai to inspect flood situation
Prayut visits Sukhothai to inspect flood situation. Photo: ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา Prayut Chan-o-cha / Facebook.

The opposition Thai Liberal party leader, Pol Gen Seripisut Temiyavet, said today that the government has completely failed in political reform, lacks the sincerity needed [Read More…]

Stakes high for Thailand’s opposition as censure debate targets government

PM Prayut Chan-o-cha during a cabinet meeting at the Government House
PM Prayut Chan-o-cha during a cabinet meeting at the Government House. Photo: ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา Prayut Chan-o-cha / Facebook.

The opposition is unlikely to upend the government in next month’s censure debate, as has been the case previously. But its performance will show if [Read More…]