Bangkok protests demand resignation of suspended PM
In the Thai capital, the protesters marched to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who had been suspended by a violent border dispute that killed more than three dozen people and displaced thousands of people.
Despite the rising temperatures on Saturday, many patriotic songs gathered at Bangkok’s Victory Monument and Paetongtonn and his father, Thaksin Shinawatra, listened to the speeches, a former prime minister.
The demonstrators expressed their support to the army of the country, which has always protected a significant power in the Southeast Asian nation.
The police estimated that there were about 2000 protesters in the afternoon, but more were expected to participate as the temperature cooperated.
Some Natives Paetongarn and his family, former Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen.
A court suspended Paetongarn after a telephone conversation that Hun Sen, who is still a great power in his own country, leaked a telephone conversation that he calls him “uncle” and humiliated a Thai general and angered many people.
The latest clashes ended with an restless Malaysia Broked Armistice at the end of last month.
During the fight, approximately 260,000 people were displaced.
“Ung Eng, you have to leave,” he said, a well -known conservative columnist and protester Jittakorn Busaba, using Paetongarn’s pseudonym.
“Because they have blood. People are dead because of you.”
Thaksin and his family should no longer rule or command this country, another protester announced.
“Ing damage to the country,” said Khunthong, the 58 -year -old center.
Paetongarn’s father, who was overthrown in a military coup in 2006, had many familiar faces from a conservative, pro -royal group known as the yellow shirts of his enemies for a long time.
Thaksin, a billionaire king, entered politics by establishing his own political party and acquiring the loyalty of local political bosses throughout the country.
He was often accused of bullying and did not separate business relations from the government.
The Yellow Shirt Rallylies also helped to use the elected government of Thaksin’s sister Yingluck Shinawatra in the 2014 coup.
The army in Thailand plays an important role in politics, and the country has held 13 successful coup since it became a constitutional monarchy in 1932.
