Thai Prime Minster Yingluck Shinawatra, whose government is facing unrelenting anti-government protests, easily overcame a no-confidence vote Thursday, UPI reported. Her Interior Minister Charupong Ruangsuwan also survived a similar motion in Parliament, which was introduced amid ongoing confrontation between lawmakers of the ruling coalition led by the Pheu Thai party and the opposition Democrat party, which is seeking the resignation of the Yingluck government. The prime minster, whose party enjoys a majority in Parliament, defeated the no-confidence motion 297-134 with five abstentions, the Bangkok Nation reported. Charupong won 296-135 with four abstentions. Yingluck has refused to resign or dissolve Parliament.
