Motion against Chavalit

Motion against Chavalit

BANGKOK (Reuter): Thai opposition parties are set to submit a no-confidence motion against the embattled nine-month old coalition government of Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, an opposition leader said yesterday.

"The opposition parties have agreed to submit a no-confidence motion against the government on Sept. 8 and we set the date of debate tentatively from Sept. 25 on," opposition leader and former premier Chuan Leekpai told reporters.

The opposition parties say the government's failure to adequately solve the country's economic woes has plunged it into a further crisis.

Chavalit on Friday bowed to pressure from the military, finance officials and his coalition partners and said the government would support a controversial draft constitution which aims to revamp the political system and put an end to money politics.