Thailand Yet Another Country In Turmoil In South Asia
The three months plus anti-government protests in Thailand were suspended. Demonstrators were celebrating the Constitutional Court's disbanding of the current party in power, the PPP (People's Power Party) that gained power through electoral fraud.
From the Asia Times: "Sondhi Limthongkul, the co-leader of Thailand’s People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) anti-government protest group, proclaimed Tuesday a "joyous day" and declared victory after a 193-day campaign to oust the People's Power Party-(PPP)-led government.
"The Constitution Court's verdict is clear proof that the previous administration's power was not obtained through democracy under the constitution but was accomplished through electoral fraud and that the rally by the People's Alliance for Democracy was legitimate," read a statement released by the PAD on Wednesday morning.
"The PAD statement was not without caveats. The movement promised to return if "a proxy government of the [former prime minister] Thaksin [Shinawatra] regime is set up again or if there is an attempt to amend the constitution or the law to whitewash the wrongdoings of those in the Thaksin regime, to benefit politicians, or to lessen the power of the King".
"The over six month-long protest movement, which culminated last week in the occupation of Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports, froze an already lagging Thai economy.
"The over six month-long protest movement, which culminated last week in the occupation of Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports, froze an already lagging Thai economy.
"Yet even as the PAD declared victory, pro-government forces were digging in for a prolonged fight and Thailand is still a country split in two."
With the conflict Afghanistan and the Pakistan and India stituation still tense, Thailand is another crisis area in South Asia.
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