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Protesters Skirt Police Blockade, Head For Government House

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Arnon Nampha leads protesters on a march to Government House

 

BANGKOK — About 100 protesters broke free from their main encampment and marched on the regime’s seat of power Tuesday, the fourth anniversary of the military coup.

 

While police hemmed in the majority of pro-democracy demonstrators, some skirted the barricades and marched unobstructed down Ratchadamnoen Avenue. Police had yet to stop the protesters as of publication time.

 

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Thai PM reiterates no vote until 'early 2019', as protesters gather

 

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FILE PHOTO: Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha gestures during a news conference after a weekly cabinet meeting at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, January 9, 2018. Picture taken January 9, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/FIle Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha reiterated on Tuesday that a general election will take place in "early 2019 and no sooner" as hundreds of protesters gathered in Bangkok to demand that a vote be held in November.

 

Protesters hoping to march to the prime minister's offices, Government House, set off from Thammasat University early in the day but were blocked by rows of police in black uniforms.

 

The rare protest is also marking four years since Prayuth, then army chief, overthrew an elected government in a May 22, 2014, coup.

 

The military government initially promised to hold a general election in 2015 but has pushed back the date several times.

 

(Reporting by Pracha Hariraksapitak; Writing by Amy Sawitta Lefevre; Editing by Robert Birsel)

 
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1 hour ago, webfact said:

FILE PHOTO: Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha gestures during a news conference

 

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha reiterated on Tuesday that a general election will take place in "early 2019 and no sooner"

Hmm, I think he has four fingers together there. Initially reading the text before examining the photo I had assumed it might have been two fingers.

 

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