Thai elections resume peacefully

Some protesters marched through central Bangkok on Sunday but there were no reports of disruptions.

Some protesters marched through central Bangkok on Sunday but there were no reports of disruptions. Protesters marched through Bangkok on Sunday, but there were no signs of voters being prevented from attending polling stations, as had been the case in early February.

The election commission said the situation was still too tense in many areas for polls to re-open.

Thai protesters want her government to be replaced by an unelected “people’s council” to reform the political system.

The opposition alleges that money politics have corrupted Thailand’s democracy and that Ms Yingluck is controlled by her brother, ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who lives in self-imposed exile.

Large groups of city cleaners were busy to clean Bangkok after anti-government protests left some protest sites around the capital

On Friday, protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban announced that demonstrators would end their occupation of central Bangkok in what was seen as a first sign of flexibility from the prime minister’s opponents.

Talks are also planned next week between representatives from both sides.

Current caretaker Ms Yingluck leads a government that won elections in 2011 with broad support from rural areas. In response to the protests, she called snap elections on 2 February, which her government was widely expected to win.

However, the polls were boycotted by the opposition, and voting was disrupted by protesters at around 10% of polling stations.

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