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| Thai protesters say they will rally to hound PM from office |
| 2013-12-19 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Anti-government demonstrators in Thailand said they will step up their protests in an attempt to force Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office and push through electoral reforms before a general election is held. The number of protesters camped on the street in the capital has dwindled to about 2,000 over the past week but their leader, former deputy premier Suthep Thaugsuban, called for marches in central Bangkok on Thursday and Friday, followed by a big rally on Sunday. "We will chase Yingluck out this Sunday after she made it clear she will not step down as caretaker prime minister," he said late on Tuesday. Suthep massed 160,000 protesters around Yingluck's office on December 9, when she called a snap election for Feb. 2 to try to defuse the crisis. Yingluck remains caretaker prime minister. |
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