Thai PM survives no-confidence vote amid criticism on virus response

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and five ministers survived a vote of no-confidence in Parliament on Saturday after facing censure for mismanaging the response to COVID-19 and countenancing corruption.Members of the Lower House of Parliament voted 264-208 in favor of Prayut, while Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and four other cabinet members also comfortably survived the censure motion.But Prayut, who received the lowest number of votes supporting him, still faces pressure from the public who have been calling for his resignation since last year and who have been organizin…READ FULL ARTICLE