Thai Prime Minister survives confidence vote

• November 28, 2013 16:10

On November 28, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra easily survived a no-confidence vote amid growing anti-government protests since political unrest three years ago.

Thủ tướng Thái Lan Yingluck trong cuộc tranh luận tại Hạ viện hôm 26/11 (Ảnh: Reuters)

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck during a debate at the House of Representatives on November 26 (Photo: Reuters)

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In theory, Ms. Yingluck only needed more than half (equivalent to 246 votes) of the 492 votes in the House of Representatives to win a no-confidence vote. In fact, she won 297 votes in favor, with 134 votes against.

Her Puea Thai Party, which holds 299 seats in the House of Representatives, easily survived a three-day debate after the opposition accused her government of spending 3.5 billion baht (108 million USD) on a water management program and mistakes in its rice subsidy policy./.

According to VOV