What’s happening in Thailand?
A six-month campaign of protests against the Thai government has been led by a movement called PAD which stands for People’s Alliance for Democracy. So how democratic is PAD?
The movement:
- is a loose grouping of royalists, businessmen and the urban middle class
- has called for parliament to be largely appointed
- supported the military coup that ousted the former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawathra
- wants to remove the current Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat
- has prevented the cabinet meeting
- has forced the cancellation of a session of the parliament
- has brought about the closure of the main international airport
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