That tricky thing called no-confidence debate

One “tradition” that Move Forward will find hard to challenge concerns the parliamentary censure of the government. Although opposition MPs are not required to do it every time it is permissible, they do it every time it is possible nonetheless.

Why the biggest party does not want to do it now is understandable. The reasons given by Move Forward leader Chaithawat Tulathon a few days ago are also very sensible, starting with solid corruption information being hard to come by in the early days of a government and how state money should be spent having been talked about during the budget debate.

His explanation, which is by no means a confirmation that Move Forward will not officially censure the Srettha government during this parliamentary term, is too straightforward for the highly-complicated Thai politics, however. By that, even if what he said is the real motive, Thailand’s…