Democrat to submit censure motion next week
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Chief Opposition whip Jurin Laksanavisit said Wednesday that the Democrat Party will file a censure motion against the Yingluck Shinawatra government next week.
He said Democrat MPs have already signed their support for the motion.
Jurin said that the resignations of Suthep Thaugsuban and eight other Democrat MPs from the House would not affect the Democrat's plan to censure the government.
“However, we are waiting to set a suitable time as we need more information and papers for the debate,” he said
Jurin said the Democrat might first submit a motion against certain Cabinet members and leave the prime minister out of the censure showdown.
A party source explained that if the protesters wanted the prime minister to dissolve the House, she would be prohibited from so doing by the charter were a censure motion submitted against her. If Yingluck refuses to dissolve the House, the Democrat would then resort to submitting a second censure motion against her.
Alongkorn Ponlaboot, deputy Democrat leader, said Yingluck had one week to decide to dissolve the House or face a censure debate.
“Yingluck should make a decision to dissolve the House this week before the Democrat MPs submit a censure motion. It is the best way for the government to step down,” he said.
