Thai PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra sails through no-confidence vote in parliament.
Thai PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra sails through no-confidence vote in parliament.
International news Desk
According to global Times news agency Europe,Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra breezed through a no-confidence vote in parliament on March 26 in the first test of her premiership, emerging unscathed from a two-day opposition onslaught to reaffirm the stability of her coalition, The global Times Europe media.Thailand’s youngest premier won the backing of 319 of 488 lawmakers present, despite a barrage of barbs during a censure debate that accused her of being unqualified, lacking economic knowledge, evading tax, serving her wealthy family and taking direction from her billionaire father and political heavyweight Thaksin Shinawatra.The censure motion was an early test of Paetongtarn’s mandate more than seven months after she was unexpectedly thrust into the spotlight as a political neophyte who had never held public office, replacing ally Srettha Thavisin after his removal by a court for an ethics violation.
She rejected all the allegations leveled at her.
Despite her lukewarm ratings in opinion polls and economic growth far adrift of regional peers, Wednesday’s vote showed Paetongtarn’s 11-party coalition remains solid, lowering the prospect of near-term instability in a country for two decades fraught with intermittent political turmoil.Every vote, both support and against, will be the strength for me and the cabinet to continue our work for the people,” 38-year-old Paetongtarn posted on X social media, thanking her ruling alliance for its support.
