Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha plus 10 other cabinet ministers, targeted with the opposition during a three-day debate, yesterday earned a vote associated with confidence held in late proceedings.
Gen Prayut secured 256 votes of confidence against 206 votes of simply no confidence with nine abstentions, while Mouthpiece Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon received the best number of votes with 268 and Mouthpiece Prime Minister plus Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit the lowest, earning 241 votes of support.
“Yes, it’s a comfort, ” replied Gen Prayut when asked by the press after the vote results were launched on Saturday morning.
However , when asked to confirm his previous remark ruling out associated with a cabinet reshuffle after the no-confidence debate, the PM dropped to comment and simply walked away.
And even though most 11 cabinet ministers survived the no-confidence vote, the results display signs of rifts in the coalition, according to a few observers.
Of the highest quantity of 212 votes of no-confidence received simply by Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda, for instance, six were later found to have come from MPs of the ruling Palang Pracharath Party alone.
These types of six MPs voting against Gen Anupong belong to a clique in the party known as Pak Nam Group.
Democrat Party spokesman Rames Ratanachaweng, meanwhile, said the party has been disappointed and asked yourself out loud why three abstentions in the no-confidence vote on Mr Jurin, the party leader, happened in the future from members from the Chartthaipattana Party, a vital coalition partner.
Natural Resources and Environment Varawut Silpa-archa, also mind of Chartthaipattna’s technique and policy committee, said he had approached all three MPs, who replied these people held opinions on certain issues different from party leader Mr Jurin. That was why they decided to go with not to cast ballots of confidence to back up him.
Every Chartthaipattana MEGAPIXEL has the freedom to convey themselves as they see easily fit into a vote of this nature, said Mr Varawut.
Democrat secretary-general Chalermchai Sri-on and Chinnaworn Boonyakiat, a Liberal MP for Nakhon Si Thammarat, meanwhile, downplayed yesterday’s results which saw Mr Jurin come final, noting that all 11 cabinet ministers had passed the election.
The particular House’s vote results, however , were in stark contrast along with results of a seite an seite vote arranged by a group of academics through four universities and civic organisations launched in remembrance of the 1992 Black May uprising.
Of 524, 806 members of the public who voted in the online poll, 97% cast a vote of no-confidence for Gen Prayut.