And so the old guard tabled a no-confidence motion, forcing an extraordinary general meeting.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In March, Sanford's city commission passed a 3-2 motion expressing "no confidence" in the police chief.
The NUT conference began a motion of no confidence in Michael Gove - which was adjourned before it could be put to a vote.
The no confidence motion presented by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)-led opposition parties to the lower house of the Diet on June 2 failed by a vote of 152 for to 293 against.
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It is true that, unlike a censure motion against the cabinet or a minister in the lower house, a no-confidence vote in the upper house is non-binding.
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