Thailand's Criminal Court on February 5 approved a request bypolice to issue arrest warrants for anti-government protest leaders,including former Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thausuban, for violatingthe emergency decree.
One of the protest leaders,Sathit Wongnongthey, said that the protest leaders were not shaken bythe warrants and will continue to organise rallies until the governmentof Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra steps down.
The government issued a decree of emergency in late January to ensureorder in the capital city and neighbouring areas, however, violence haskept escalating.
The same day, Thai ElectionCommission (EC) said that 46.79 percent of voters nationwide cast theirballots in February 2 general election.
According tothe EC, as many as 20.1 million out of 43.024 million eligible votersexercised their voting rights in 68 provinces where voting was notdisrupted by protesters, with 71.38 percent of those ballots valid,12.05 percent invalid and 16.57 percent " no-vote".
Voting in nine provinces was cancelled due to shortage of ballotsresulting from anti-government protesters' blockade and rallies.
TheEC is scheduled to meet on February 6 to find solution to thedisruption of the January 26 advance voting and voting in nine provincesduring February 2 election, as well as to discuss the issue in 28constituencies in the south where candidates were not registered due toobstruction by protesters.
In another move, the ruling PheuThai Party also on February 5 petitioned the EC to order thedissolution of the Democrat Party and ban its executive committeemembers from politics for five years.
Prompong Nopparit,spokesman of Pheu Thai, said the Democrat Party had violated theConstitution by supporting People's Democratic Reform Committee'srallies.-VNA
One of the protest leaders,Sathit Wongnongthey, said that the protest leaders were not shaken bythe warrants and will continue to organise rallies until the governmentof Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra steps down.
The government issued a decree of emergency in late January to ensureorder in the capital city and neighbouring areas, however, violence haskept escalating.
The same day, Thai ElectionCommission (EC) said that 46.79 percent of voters nationwide cast theirballots in February 2 general election.
According tothe EC, as many as 20.1 million out of 43.024 million eligible votersexercised their voting rights in 68 provinces where voting was notdisrupted by protesters, with 71.38 percent of those ballots valid,12.05 percent invalid and 16.57 percent " no-vote".
Voting in nine provinces was cancelled due to shortage of ballotsresulting from anti-government protesters' blockade and rallies.
TheEC is scheduled to meet on February 6 to find solution to thedisruption of the January 26 advance voting and voting in nine provincesduring February 2 election, as well as to discuss the issue in 28constituencies in the south where candidates were not registered due toobstruction by protesters.
In another move, the ruling PheuThai Party also on February 5 petitioned the EC to order thedissolution of the Democrat Party and ban its executive committeemembers from politics for five years.
Prompong Nopparit,spokesman of Pheu Thai, said the Democrat Party had violated theConstitution by supporting People's Democratic Reform Committee'srallies.-VNA
