រដ្ឋាភិបាល យីងឡាក់ រលាយទៅ ទាហានចូលមកជំនួស!! នេះជា ពាក្យដែលពួកបាតុករស្រែក។
(បញ្ជាក់ យោធា គឺកាន់កាប់ដោយ ជនជាតិ សៀម ចំណែករដ្ឋាភិបាលគឺគ្រប់គ្រងដោយជនជាតិ ថៃ)
( Note: The Army of Thailand is administrated by the Siamese blood, while the government is elected by the Thais blood)
Thai PM Yingluck hears ‘Thaksin get out, army come in’ cries in Bangkok once more
Tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators marched through the tense Thai capital Bangkok today in an escalation of mass street rallies aiming to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's embattled government.
The protests against Yingluck and her brother, ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, are the biggest since 2010 when the kingdom was rocked by its worst political bloodshed in decades when more than 90 civilians were killed, AFP reports.
The turmoil has raised fears of a fresh bout of street violence.
Police said more than 30,000 protesters opposed to Yingluck's elected government marched on more than a dozen state agencies across the capital today including military and police bases, as well as several television stations.
“What we want is to get rid of the Thaksin system,'' deputy opposition leader Suthep Thaugsuban said, addressing the crowd of demonstrators.
Chanting “Thaksin get out, army come in,’’ some of the demonstrators called for the intervention of the military in a country that has seen 18 actual or attempted coups since it became a constitutional monarchy in 1932.
High ranking military officers emerged from army offices close to the capital's Democracy Monument to accept a bouquet of roses from protesters. Police carrying riot shields stood by.
The move comes after a boisterous rally on Sunday brought more than 90,000 anti-government demonstrators on to the streets of Bangkok, according to police estimates. Organizers said the turnout was several times higher.
Around 50,000 pro-government “Red Shirts'' met overnight in a suburban football stadium in Bangkok in support of Yingluck and her brother Thaksin, who remains a hugely divisive figure in Thailand.
The rallies are the biggest challenge yet for Yingluck, who swept to power in elections in 2011 on a wave of support from pro-Thaksin “Red Shirts,’’ whose protests in 2010 were crushed by the previous government.
“Yingluck's options are very limited. Something has to give this week. It will be very difficult for Yingluck to stay in office, let alone get anything done,'' said Thitinan Pongsudhirak, director of the Institute of Security and International Studies at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University.
“Anti-government protesters are demanding the wholesale uprooting of the Thaksin regime,'' he told AFP.
The Thai capital has faced weeks of opposition-backed rallies sparked by an amnesty bill that could have allowed the return of Thaksin from self-imposed exile.
The amnesty bill was rejected by the upper house of parliament. It also angered Thaksin's supporters because it would have pardoned those responsible for the 2010 military crackdown on their rallies.
The Constitutional Court last week also blocked the ruling party's plans for a fully elected Senate.
(Photo: Life Magazine, 1939)
Above: The new name, THAI, appears for
the first time on a ship float in the June 24 parade in Bangkok
celebrating the 7th anniversary of Siam's coup d'etat and the
first Constitution.
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Right: Young women of Thailand,
recently organized by the Yuvanari, swing briskly along
the line of march. Only the rich still practice polygamy
and women in Thai have many rights.
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 (Photo: Life Magazine, 1939) |
(Photo: Life Magazine, 1939)
Above: Chief Prince regent
Aditya Dirabha affixes the Royal Seal to the decree making Siam
the Kingdom of Thai. Left: Coregent General Bijayendra Yodhin
 (Photo: Life Magazine, 1939) |
Left: Places (28 of 400) fly over great King Chulalongkorn's statue. These pictures were brought to LIFE by Norman Lee, the first round-the-world paying passenger on commercial planes. |
(Photo: Life Magazine, 1939)
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