Political deadlock continues in Thailand
Protester heads also declared that they will lead lines of supporters on
December 23 to obstruct candidacy registration for the upcoming
election.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Suthep
Thaugsuban, leader of the anti-government movement, said protesters will
paralyse the capital half a day and even a day if Prime Minister
Yingluck Shinawatra does not step down.
Methods to carry out reforms in Thailand have been blamed for the country’s current political impasse.
Yingluck
launched a reform roadmap in which she reaffirmed the organisation of a
general election on February 2, 2014 and asked all parties to realise
the reforms after the election.
However, protesters, led by Suthep, declared to not accept this plan and vowed to prevent the election.
In another development, Thai police said that on December 22, a bomb
attack in southern Thailand injured at least 24 people, including
children and a Malaysian tourist.-VNA