Thailand’s main opposition Democrat Party has announced that it will boycott 2014 February’s general election
The party’s leader, former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, announced the boycott after a meeting on Saturday Dec 21,2013 of party executives. He said the decision was made to try to ensure political reforms are implemented
The party’s position reflects the stand taken by street protesters
demanding that caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra step down
ahead of the elections. The protesters are demanding that an appointed
interim government institute reforms before any new polls.
The Democrats, who are closely allied with the protest movement, also
led an election boycott in 2006 that helped destabilise the government
and paved the way for a military coup that ousted then — Prime Minister
Thaksin Shinawatra, Ms. Yingluck’s brother.
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