Thai opposition files no-confidence motion against 'flawed' PM

FILE PHOTO: Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha attends a news conference with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as part of his official visit to Thailand, in Bangkok, Thailand May 2, 2022. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's opposition parties on Wednesday filed a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and 10 cabinet ministers, accusing them of graft, economic mismanagement and of undermining democracy and clinging to power.

The opposition expects the censure debate to take place next month and hopes it will bring down Prayuth's 17-party government. It would be the last confidence vote Prayuth, 68, will face before his term ends in March next year.