Thailand: Into the Void

The high court of Bangkok has declared the February 2nd election invalid and has ordered a new vote which will surely deepen the country's political crises. For four months extreme protests have been ongoing in hopes to overthrow the government, killing 20 people. The government supporters or "red shirts" claim that they will stage major demonstrations if the prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is impeached. The constitutional court ruled that the February vote had violated the requirement which states that elections be completed in a single day, protests and disruptions did indeed prevent millions of Thais from voting, therefore according to the court an entire new election is required.


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Samuels, Lennox. "Thailand: Into the Void." Daily Beast. n. page. Web. 23 Mar. 2014.