The protesters are taking over:
BREAKING: Thai protesters burst into Foreign Ministry compound after taking over Finance Ministry.
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 25, 2013
And so we have another nation where the people are less than delighted with its government and demand a change. From BBC:
Anti-government protesters forced their way into the finance ministry, as tens of thousands marched on a second day of demonstrations in Bangkok.
The protesters, who began their action over the weekend, want the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down.
After a huge rally on Sunday, crowds marched on Monday to several different locations in the city. The protests have been triggered by a controversial political amnesty bill. The legislation, which the opposition say would have allowed ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra – the current prime minister’s brother – to return to Thailand without serving a jail sentence for corruption, failed to pass in the Senate earlier this month.
But the proposed legislation led to an fresh outbreak of street protests, reigniting simmering political divisions and raising the spectre of renewed political turmoil in the South East Asian nation.
On Monday the anti-government protesters, who are led by a former opposition Democratic Party lawmaker, marched to state offices, military headquarters and television stations.
Campaign leader Suthep Thaugsuban had said the protest would be peaceful, with crowds “blowing whistles and handing out flowers”.
But at the finance ministry, hundreds of people swarmed into the compound.
“Tomorrow [Tuesday] we will seize all ministries to show to the Thaksin system that they have no legitimacy to run the country,” AFP news agency quoted Mr Suthep as saying.
“We have stood by silently while her [PM Yingluck Shinawatra’s] brother calls the shots and she runs the country into the ground with loss-making policies,” Reuters news agency quoted protester Suwang Ruangchai, 54, as saying.
Sunday’s demonstration drew an estimated 100,000 people, who called on the government to step down.
Protesters marched to places including military HQ in Bangkok on MondayAn estimated 100,000 opposition supporters protested in Bangkok on Sunday
Tens of thousands of government supporters also held a rally on Sunday
It seems that the Greek riotcam, which had been permanently removed from Syntagma square as Greeks are now too bored to even stage protests in front of parliament, has found a new, if temporary, home.
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