

The government said it would invite all sides to a meeting tomorrow to discuss the election commission’s proposal to postpone the February 2 election, although it looks unlikely to agree to the demonstrators’ demand for a delay of at least a year. “Today will be written in Thai history,” firebrand protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban told a rally last night, vowing to intensify the shutdown until the government falls.Ī hardcore faction of the movement has threatened to besiege the stock exchange and even air traffic control if Yingluck does not quit within days. The well-organised protest movement has vowed to occupy parts of the capital until Yingluck quits, threatening to disrupt a February election which it fears will only return the Shinawatra clan to power.
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Tens or even hundreds of thousands of flag-waving protesters massed at key intersections in the city, setting up rally stages along with tents for sleeping and stalls offering free food. The demonstrators want Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to resign to make way for an unelected “people’s council” that would oversee reforms to curb the political dominance of herbnaire family and tackle a wider culture of money politics.

Huge crowds of Thai opposition protesters occupied major streets in central Bangkok yesterday in an attempted “shutdown” of the capital, escalating a campaign to unseat the embattled premier.

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