Embattled Thai Premier Yingluck Shinawatra on Wednesday asked anti-Government protesters to unleash their angst at the ballot box as she insisted that elections were the best way to resolve the festering political crisis.
Yingluck tried to deflect the growing mass anger on the street by saying her Government is ready to move forward with national reforms, a key demand of protesters whose massive protest campaign have wracked the country for months. However, defiant protesters led by the Opposition Democrat Party vowed to keep up their efforts to force the premier from office and install an unelected “people’s council” to carry out reforms before the February 2 snap polls.
Earlier on Wednesday two persons were injured in a shooting incident, a bus was burnt and an Opposition leader’s house was damaged in a bomb explosion, as protesters brought parts of Bangkok to a near-standstill under their ongoing massive campaign that entered the third day on Wednesday. Yingluck, now caretaker PM, on Wednesday held a meeting with about 37 parties to discuss the Election Commission (EC)’s suggestion to postpone the polls. She said the majority of participants insisted that the elections had to go ahead.
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