Democrat MP Promises New Info in No-Confidence Debate
Democrat MP Chaiyanat Dechadech said the upcoming no-confidence debate will contain new information and is not merely political theatre. He accused ministers who called the debate a staged show of insulting the opposition and urged respect in politics. The party says it has been monitoring the government for six months and will present fresh evidence.
Chaiyanat Dechadech, a list MP and deputy leader of the Democrat Party responsible for the south, spoke about the ministers facing the no-confidence motion. He said that filing the no-confidence debate under Article 151 is not just opening a stage for political games or drama, as some claim. After the opposition whip agreed to lodge the motion, he believes each party already has information to scrutinize the government, though he does not know which side is calling it a political game. He insisted that claim is untrue because they already possess information; they just have not yet disclosed what it is, adding that it is too early to reveal details. He acknowledged that all opposition parties must gather information beforehand to check the government. He added that describing the opposition’s no-confidence move as a political game or a staged show is an insult to the opposition and improper, because politics requires mutual respect. He thinks the People's Party, the Democrat Party, and other opposition allies already know what issues they will raise, as they are already working on it. When asked whether it is not democratic entertainment as some ministers have alleged, Chaiyanat said the term needs interpretation and suggested asking Piyabutr Saengkanokkul, secretary-general of the Forward Party, what democratic entertainment means; perhaps the debate should be stress-free because it is about revealing facts and information. The Democrat Party confirmed it has been monitoring the government’s performance for nearly six months and has also looked back earlier, asserting that the information to be presented will be solid. When questioned which of the eighteen ministers the Democrat Party is targeting, Chaiyanat said the answer will become clear soon, stressing that they have newer information than what has been reported, because repeating old data would merely be redundant.
