Proponents of the Thai opposition calling for the resignation of Prime Minister increased their pressure dramatically Monday, November 25 , entering a department and threatening to seize other official buildings, latest development of street movement the most important since the 2010 crisis .Early Monday afternoon, hundreds of protesters entered the complex of the Ministry of Finance. " This is the last step of civil disobedience ," he told the crowd Suthep Thaugsuban , a leader of the Democratic Party , the main opposition party, entered the complex with his supporters.
If officials do not cease their work , we will all ministries tomorrow to show that the Thaksin system has no legitimacy to lead the country, " he added , referring to the former prime minister in exile Thaksin Shinawatra, who remains at the heart of the policy realm.
Tens of thousands of opponents of the government of Yingluck Shinawatra , sister of Thaksin , marched Monday morning to a dozen sites, including the headquarters of the police, the army and television .
Shouting " Thaksin outside the army with us," some participants called for a military intervention in a country that has experienced 18 coups or attempted since the establishment of constitutional monarchy in 1932 , including one that overthrew Thaksin in 2006. They symbolically handed roses to members of the security forces .
Scattered in the capital , protesters waved Thai flags in a deafening whistles that have become their rallying cry .
The streets of downtown , usually perpetually congested , were empty , except for demonstrators. And large concrete blocks blocking access to the seat of government.
The latest crisis dated 2010
Supporters of the opposition - 150,000 to 180.00 according to the authorities , according to the organizers more - had already gathered Sunday after weeks of almost daily mobilization raising fears of a regular capital overflows in political violence .
The latest crisis in spring 2010 , saw up to 100,000 "Red Shirts" loyal to Thaksin occupy the center of Bangkok for two months to demand the resignation of the government of the day led by the Democratic Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva before an assault army .
This crisis , the most severe ever known modern Thailand , had some 90 dead and 1,900 injured. She also highlighted the deep divisions in society between the rural masses and urban poor North and Northeast, loyal to Thaksin , and the Bangkok elite revolving around the royal palace, that hate .
" Rooting " the regime
Divisions still present , as evidenced by the mobilization of opposition against the Thaksin clan and the parallel "red " which brought together 50,000 people on Sunday in favor of the government.
The opposition movement is the most important challenge of Yingluck government since it came to power in 2011.
" The anti-government protesters demanding the total uprooting of the Thaksin regime ," said Thitinan Pongsudhirak , Chulalongkorn University . " Yingluck options are very limited. Something needs to change this week. It will be very difficult for Yingluck to remain in office ."
But the Prime Minister has ruled out leaving his post Monday . A journalists who asked if she would dissolve Parliament or resign , she simply replied "no."
To increase the pressure , the Democratic Party relies on a debate in parliament Tuesday over a confidence motion which however is unlikely to pass, the Puea Thai to have the most power.
These events come as the Puea Thai, widely regarded as the lever action through which Thaksin remains at the center of political life despite his exile, is ailing .
At the heart of the anger of the protesters is an amnesty law widely seen as a way to allow the return of Thaksin , in exile to escape a sentence of two years in prison for embezzlement . His rejection by the Senate was not enough to appease them.
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