BANGKOK, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha thwarted an attempt by the opposition to unseat his government after surviving a no-confidence vote in the parliament on Saturday.
Prayut won the vote in the House of Representatives after receiving 256 votes in favor and 206 against with nine abstentions from the members of the parliament, according to live broadcast of the parliamentary session.
The vote followed four days of censure debate broadcast live this week and was the latest attempt by the oppositions to unseat Prayut's government.
Ten cabinet ministers, who were targeted alongside the prime minister by the opposition in the no-confidence motion, also survived the vote. ■
