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New Thai Prime Minister
By KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
On Monday, December 15, 2008, the leader of the opposition Democrat Party, Abhisit Vejjajiva won the election for the Thailand’s next Prime Minister. It was the victory of the yellow shirts against the red shirts. However, red shirts immediately appeared at the parliament building for protesting his election. How long the Prime Minister supported by the yellow shirts on the streets and in the airport would last remain to be seen. He has won the election, as some of the parliamentarians belonging to the People Power Party supported him for fear of the political instability in Thailand. How long they would continue their support for the Prime Minister remains to be seen.
The Thai Court has ruled to dissolve the People Power Party alleging it has violated the election laws. The court has decided so after the protests by the yellow shirts. Yellow is the color of the Thai king.
Mobs of yellow shirts had been blocking the Thai parliamentary building for months and then seized the Thai International airport for almost a week causing billions of dollars worth of business and causing immense inconvenience to the international travelers.
