We have been trying to get to this post for a week or so. In the meantime, as we have collected news stories, it has grown and grown. Among the demands of the democracy movement were constitutional reform and monarchy reform. When they come together, it is in parliament, where constitutional reform, law reform and…
Censure motion fraught with peril
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The Opposition s censure debate against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his nine cabinet ministers, tentatively scheduled for Feb 16-19, with voting to take place the following day looks set to hit a snag from the beginning perhaps even before the start of the actual debate.
The problem stems from the censure motion which contains serious accusations, with wording referring to the monarchy, and attacks against the government the prime minister, in particular.
The accusations read as follows: …not upholding nor having faith in the democratic system with the king as head of the state; opposing the democratic system; undermining the relationship between the monarchy and the people; using the monarchy as an excuse to divide the people; and claiming the monarchy and using it as a shield to deflect its mistakes and failures in the nation s administration.