Anti-government protesters on Monday continued their campaign to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, as they surrounded a sports stadium here in an unsuccessful attempt to block leaders from registering their political parties for February 2 elections.
Hundreds of protesters surrounded the Thai-Japanese stadium where political leaders were trying to register their parties to run in the polls ahead of the December 27 deadline. Representatives of Yingluck’s Puea Thai party managed to enter the stadium before it was blocked by protesters, said Prompong Nopparit, spokesman of the ruling Pheu Thai Party.
“We went into the stadium at 4 am While they were sleeping,” Nopparit said. The Election Commission said 35 political parties had submitted their party-list applications before 8:30 am on Sunday.