Red-shirts mark coup anniversary
Red shirts yesterday congregated at the Democracy Monument and Ratchaprasong Intersection to carry out anti-coup rallies on the fifth anniversary of the September putsch that toppled the Thaksin administration.
Over 1,300 police kept security, while traffic congestion was reported as heavy in the two areas.
According to Abac Poll, 93.2 per cent of Thais believe that a democratic government was quite good for the country and 89.2 per cent said that democracy was better than other systems.
Only 6.8 per cent of the respondents said having a democratic government was not good.
About 62 per cent totally disagreed that democracy adversely affected the country's economic system, while 38 per cent totally agreed.
Asked to evaluate the statement that democracy is not a political system that maintains discipline among the people, 61 per cent disagreed, and 7.8 per cent agreed.
Almost 54 per cent said their faith in democracy would be eroded if the Yingluck government runs the country in favour of certain individuals and interest groups, while 46 per cent said their faith would still be intact in such circumstances.
While 52 per cent were worried that the government's attempt to amend the Constitution had something to do with the interests of some people and some groups, 48 per cent were sure that the government wanted to revise the charter for the public good.
