Thailand set to hold fresh polls

April 30th, 2014

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Thailand’s government and the state Election Commission have agreed to hold a new general election on July 20 in an attempt to resolve the country’s ongoing political crisis.

The commission announced the new voting date following talks with Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Wednesday.

The kingdom held a general election in February which was nullified by Thailand’s Constitutional Court after opposition protesters disrupted the registration process and voting.

The developments come as Shinawatra’s supporters accuse judicial institutions and the Constitutional Court of bias in frequently ruling against the government.

Premier Shinawatra has expressed her hope that the fresh polls could bring the country out of crisis.

“I truly hope the country will be set free from the conflict and that every side can talk peacefully, as well as can hold an election under a constitutional framework, in order to have a government that is truly wanted by the people soon,” Shinawatra said on her Facebook page.

The main opposition Democrat Party has had no immediate response to Wednesday’s announcement.

The opposition calls for Shinawatra’s resignation to make way for an interim unelected government to oversee political reforms before new elections.

Thailand has been shaken by over six months of political violence that has left 25 people dead and hundreds wounded.

Protesters also want to remove Yingluck family’s influence from politics.

Opponents see the premier as a proxy for her elder brother, a former prime minister toppled in a coup in 2006. The ex-premier has been in self-exile since 2008 to avoid a two-year prison sentence.

JR/AB

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