PM ready to face censure debate

TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012
PM ready to face censure debate

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday said she was prepared to rebut the opposition's censure should the motion of noconfidence be filed upon the reconvening of the House next month.

 

“The opposition is obliged to check on the performance and the government is dutybound to explain its work via Parliament,” she said.
Yingluck said she was uncertain whether the opposition would target her or the Cabinet members for the censure debate.
In regard to speculation about Cabinet reshuffle, she said she had not had any thoughts on the new lineup at this juncture.
Earlier, Yingluck rarely attended House meetings to answer motions but mostly assigned her deputies to answer questions of the opposition.
Political observers expect that the Democrats will attack inaccurate information given to the public by Yingluck as part of its character assassination plan during the censure showdown.