He is the main target of the no-confidence motion, accused of corrupt practices, including land scams.
And so the old guard tabled a no-confidence motion, forcing an extraordinary general meeting.
The Communists and others have launched a symbolic bid for a no-confidence motion in parliament.
His supporters voted against the opposition's no-confidence motion but put up one of their own.
Democrat secretary-general Sanan Kachornprasart mused that the bombing spree will end once the no-confidence motion is over.
But the opposition is threatening to move a no-confidence motion in the government to force an early poll.
The LDP will hold over his head the threat of a no-confidence motion should he break his promise.
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For the first time in ages, there is talk of a no-confidence motion being mounted by a united opposition.
The opposition leader, Mr Sharif, holds the cards: any no-confidence motion in parliament would need his backing to succeed.
He said a vote in parliament on Wednesday, on a no-confidence motion tabled by the Socialists, had "re-legitimised" the government.
The focus next week will fall on the finance bill and a no-confidence motion put forward by the opposition for Tuesday.
Indeed, Mr Chidambaram is exploring the possibility of all-party consent for the budget, regardless of the outcome of the no-confidence motion.
Their main hope is that a no-confidence motion could lead to simultaneous prime ministerial and parliamentary elections, allowing Mr Netanyahu to run.
The LDP-led ruling coalition voted down the no-confidence motion, while Kato, his supporters, and even his reform agenda went down in flames.
That enabled Mr Martin to defeat an opposition no-confidence motion last month.
The coalition government of Jean-Luc Dehaene survived a no-confidence motion in parliament.
Heated discussion not so much about the rule of law in Hong Kong as the government's effort to beat down the no-confidence motion.
The no-confidence motion was passed by 11 votes to three, with members of Mr Bush's own United Democratic Party (UDP) voting against him.
The presiding officer of the 60-member National Assembly cannot vote in a no-confidence motion, leaving Mr Michael with 28 votes to his opponents' 31.
That was just one of the bombshells in the central bank's report, which came out during the debate on a no-confidence motion survived by Prime Minister Banharn Silapa-archa's government.
Although the government has a big enough majority to see off any no-confidence motion, analysts say the televised debate has become a focal point in the battle for public opinion.
And to cap it all, the government made hard work of facing down a no-confidence motion in parliament over a financial scandal involving Ulf Sundqvist, once the Social Democrats' chairman.
If the government fell, as a result of a no-confidence motion, there would be a two-week grace period to allow the parties to see whether a new administration could be constructed.
But if Chuan's team can survive this unsettling escapade and the no-confidence motion, then - barring unforeseen scandals - it should last comfortably until the PM decides to make that election call.
Aubrey Jewett, a political science professor at the University of Central Florida who specializes in Florida politics and state and local government, said Triplett's vote Monday to reject the police chief's resignation was surprising since the mayor voted for the no-confidence motion in the first place.
But having failed to mount an effective no-confidence motion against Mr Obuchi's government in the all-important lower house of the Diet (parliament) for its handling the country's banking crisis, Mr Kan and his opposition colleagues have now moved their guerrilla campaign to the upper house where they have a majority.
The SNP want him to resign as chair of his select committee - but have discovered to their chagrin that the rules require that any no-confidence motion put in the Committee would have to be signed by at least two members of the largest party on the Committee - ie Labour members.
MPs and the casting ballot of the speaker, the minority Liberal government of Paul Martin, Canada's prime minister, defeated (by 153-152) a motion of no-confidence.
Opposition parties united behind a motion of no-confidence in Mrs Griffiths in a row about a controversial report into reorganising hospitals.
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