Extra seats are certainly necessary, according to Pragert.
PUBLISHED: 28 Mar 2025 at 05: 52
An MP for the main opposition People’s Party ( PP ) claimed that the government offered him around 10 million baht to win him over to support Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in the no-confidence vote on Wednesday, but Deputy Prime Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong has refuted that claim.
There was no need for the partnership to get any additional vote because it already had well over 300 Members, more than enough to get the no-confidence voting, according to Mr. Prasert, who is also the minister of digital economy and society.
Mr. Prasert responded to Mr. Krit’s blog on his Instagram page on Wednesday, which included a picture of the MP’s conversation with people he claimed had offered him 10 million baht in exchange for his voting.
The election period for the two-day censure discussion ended on Wednesday night. Out of the 488 members of parliament, 319 voted for the prime minister, and just 162 voted against her, with seven nays.
Seven opposition parties, excluding the MPs from the government coalition functions, cast ballots for the prime minister. Rampoon Tantiwanitchanon, Thakon Tanthasit, Supaporn Salabsri, Rang Thurapol, Adisuk Kaewmungkunasup, and Chaiyamparwaan Manpianjit from the Thai Progressive Party, were among the five MPs from the Thai Sang Thai Party.
In response to the opposition MPs who voted for the prime minister, Mr. Prasert said some may have been persuaded by how Ms. Paetongtarn defended herself and the state in response to the claims. He characterized Mr. Krit’s assertion as unsupported.
He also refuted any suggestion that the criticism MPs who voted for the prime minister did so in order to build ties with the partnership in a bid to presumably join its ranks.
Somsak Thepsutin, the minister of public health, suggested that the opposition does make stronger supporting statements before making irrational claims about vote-buying.
He also criticised Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, the opposition leader, for saying he had approached the prime minister after the election to require more precise answers on queries he thought she had not adequately addressed during the debate.
Mr. Somsak questioned whether this behavior was appropriate, claiming that he had never witnessed quite a disrespectful behavior in his 40 years of service in congress.
Mr. Natthaphong approached the PM under the guise of having a picture taken with her, but he later used this as a justification to question her on issues she had previously answered during the discussion, according to Mr. Somsak.