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Red shirts refuse to accept Constitutional Court's verdict

Red shirts refuse to accept Constitutional Court's verdict

Some 5,000 pro-government red shirts thunderously booed the Constitution Court from a far distance at Rajmangala Sports Stadium yesterday (Wednesday) as judges found the charter amendment on the election of senate members proposed by ruling parliamentaria

The crowd was relieved however that the Pheu Thai party was not dissolved but that feeling was tinged with anger and frustration as one of their co-leaders, Nattawut Saikaur, declared on stage that a new round of fight has just begun.
Nattawut said it’s a face-off between ‘democratic forces and forces outside the [democratic] system’ and called upon red shirts nationwide to descend to Bangkok to fight as they were ready to announce new measures to protect their ‘elected government’ of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
“Perhaps we should take the opportunity to launch a people revolution before them,” he said, in reference to the Democrat party-led protest camping on the other side of the same city, at Democracy Monument, which appeared to enjoy a bigger crowd so far.

Pheu Thai party-list MP and red-shirt co-leader Weng Tojirakarn echoed Nattawut even before the verdict was read when he said perhaps reds should “wipe out reactionary forces from Thai soil.”
Sitting amongst fellow red shirts in the less than half-full stadium, 66-year-old retired electrician Banpot Thepboonchan from Rangsit area of Pathum Thani province said he felt cheated listening to the verdict which was broadcast live to the stadium.
“They told us to accept to charter first then amend it later,” he said, referring to the military junta’s sponsored referendum on the current charter back in 2007.
“Now they won’t let us do it.”

Outside the stadium, many food kitchen were set up, a sign of readiness for a prolong fight. An underground band played anti-monarchist song just a few metres away from the stadium itself. The singer said through the microphone calling the Constitution Court and ‘robber court’ and urge listeners to purge it.
 
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