A vote of no confidence against the PM, 5 other cabinet ministers is scheduled to take place on Friday. FMTNews 1MDB PrayuthOCha FutureForwardParty
Political tension rose after top court dissolved the Future Forward Party, banned 16 of its senior members from politics.
Political tension rose in Thailand after the top court dissolved the Future Forward Party, the third-largest party in parliament, and banned 16 of its senior members from politics for a breach of law covering political party funding. “Prime Minister Prayuth … allows corruption to thrive and uses the power of his position to benefit himself and others,” Sompong Amornvivat, the leader of the Pheu Thai party and the Opposition bloc said during the opening of the censure debate.
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