Sunday, January 26, 2014

Early voting blocked in Bangkok

As seen here, protesters blocked access to polls for early voting before the general election in the capital of Thailand.  This recent action is the continuation of the protest movement to remove Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her family from power.  This is an interesting position for the protest movement to take, hoping that by blocking the elections (democracy) that the government will resign and can then be reformed by an unelected council.  There are warnings from the main leader of the protests Suthep Thaugsuba and the deputy leader of the Democrat party, Ongart Klampaiboon.  These protests are being seen by the government as a grab for power by the Democrat opposition party.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/27/world/asia/thailand.html?ref=world


Jeff Kort

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