The
political tension in Thailand seems to increase with the last bombings in
Bangkok in which nearly 30 people injured and nearly 8 people have died since
the beginning of the crisis.The protesters aim the resignation of the
government headed by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
The
protesters, numbered as 100 thousand people in Bangkok streets claim PM Yingluck is influenced by
former Prime Minister and and her brother Thaksin Shinawatra who was deposed by
military coup d’etat in 2006 because of the corruption in his goverment and was
sentenced to two years.
Yingluck
Shinawatra accepted to call elections on
February however this announcements seems not to decrease the tension. The
protesters and the opposition, Democrat Party boycotting the polls and aim to
see the government resing and Yingluck to leave the country. The other main
actor in Thai politics, Thai Army, who realized a succesfull coup d’etat in
2006, is wondered whether it will intervene in the crisis or not. Lastly the government has announced state of emergency for 60 days.
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