House votes down anti-coup motionThe House of Representatives on Thursday voted down the Future Forward Party's motion for a committee to study ways to prevent future military coups. The House rejected the proposal with 242 votes against and 215 MPs supporting it, with two abstentions. FFP secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul proposed the motion early this month. Before the vote Mr Piyabutr tried to woo support, telling MPs that coups were a reaction to political crises, but were not a right way to solve political conflict. Coups could not bring about a liberal democracy, they only enabled a group within the military to take over and prolong their stay in power, he said.

Source: Bangkok Post February 20, 2020 07:07 UTC