Protesters step up campaign to oust Thai government
28 Nov 2013 5:00 AM IST
The protesters defied a tough security law imposed across Bangkok late on Monday to control tens of thousands of protesters rallying against Yingluck and her billionaire brother, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Waving Thai flags and blowing whistles, demonstrators surrounded the interior, agriculture, tourism and transport ministries, ordering workers inside to leave and ratcheting up tension in the biggest street protests since 2010, when 91 people were killed in a military crackdown. Yingluck and her ruling Puea Thai Party began a two-day confidence debate in parliament where they hold a commanding majority.
The opposition has accused them of graft and trying to pass laws to white-wash Thaksin of corruption allegations, but Yingluck is expected to prevail in a vote on Thursday. ‘Getting rid of the Thaksin regime is not easy,’ said protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, a former deputy prime minister under the previous government, said. Thaksin, a former telecommunications tycoon, was ousted in a 2006 military coup but has hovered ghost-like over Thai politics since fleeing the country in 2008.
Waving Thai flags and blowing whistles, demonstrators surrounded the interior, agriculture, tourism and transport ministries, ordering workers inside to leave and ratcheting up tension in the biggest street protests since 2010, when 91 people were killed in a military crackdown. Yingluck and her ruling Puea Thai Party began a two-day confidence debate in parliament where they hold a commanding majority.
The opposition has accused them of graft and trying to pass laws to white-wash Thaksin of corruption allegations, but Yingluck is expected to prevail in a vote on Thursday. ‘Getting rid of the Thaksin regime is not easy,’ said protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, a former deputy prime minister under the previous government, said. Thaksin, a former telecommunications tycoon, was ousted in a 2006 military coup but has hovered ghost-like over Thai politics since fleeing the country in 2008.
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