Hundreds protest push to amend Thai constitution

Thai Yellow Shirts oppose change in constitution

Bangkok – Hundreds of protestors gathered outside the Thai parliament Tuesday to oppose efforts to amend the constitution, deemed a first step towards holding new elections.

About 1,000 supporters of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) movement, which helped overthrow the administration of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra in 2006 and his proxy cabinet in 2008, massed outside Parliament House to protest the amendments.

‘We will stay here until parliament closes, then we will go home to sleep,’ said PAD leader Sonthi Limthongkul.

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