A motion was pushed by both the government coalition and the opposition parties on Wednesday to listen to the demands of student protestors.
The motion was pushed into parliament after student protests took place all over the country opposing Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha’s government over the past week. The protests began on July 18 at Democracy Monument.
The students made three demands: a new constitution, an end to harassment of dissidents from state officials, and for parliament to be dissolved.
After two days of debate, both the government and the opposition parties agreed that the demands of the student protestors must be heard.
The government coalition believes that there needs to be an investigation into the demands of the students, while the opposition parties think that those demands should be received directly by the government and not through a special committee.
When the motion was put to a vote on whether to have a special committee, MPs from the government coalition won 260 to 178 votes.
The opposition parties said that by having a special committee it would actually delay the process of open communication with the student protestors.
