Demonstranter lämnade kravbrev till kungen
Under natten till söndag demonstrerade tusentals utanför det kungliga palatset i Bangkok. Enligt en protestledare har de nu gett kungen ett kravbrev, vilket var demonstranternas främsta mål, rapporterar Dagens Nyheter.
De kräver bland annat att premiärminister Prayuth Chan-Ocha ska avgå och att en ny grundlag skrivs där kungen inte har lika stor makt.
Demonstrationen är den största i Thailand sedan militärkuppen 2014.
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Militärkupp i Thailand 2014
Wikipedia (en)
On 22 May 2014, the Royal Thai Armed Forces, led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Commander of the Royal Thai Army (RTA), launched a coup d'état, the 12th since the country's first coup in 1932, against the caretaker government of Thailand, following six months of political crisis. The military established a junta called the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to govern the nation.
After dissolving the government and the Senate, the NCPO vested executive and legislative powers in its leader and ordered the judicial branch to operate under its directives. In addition, it partially repealed the 2007 constitution, save the second chapter which concerns the king, declared martial law and curfew nationwide, banned political gatherings, arrested and detained politicians and anti-coup activists, imposed Internet censorship and took control of the media.
The NCPO issued an interim constitution granting itself amnesty and sweeping power. The NCPO also established a military dominated national legislature which later unanimously elected General Prayut as the new prime minister of the country.
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