Thai PM rules out resignation

Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has rejected opposition demands and said she will not resign ahead of national elections. The election is to be held in February 2 next year.

“I must do my duty as caretaker prime minister according to the constitution,” Yingluck told reporters

“I’m not without emotion. I’m also Thai. Do you want me not to step foot on Thai soil anymore? I have retreated as far as I can. So I ask to be treated fairly,” she added.

The opposition parties continue their protests and demanding Yingluck’s resignation.

Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban who is the face of the protest movement said that “the highest power is the sovereign power of the people.”

“This means that from now on the people will appoint the prime minister of the people and appoint the government of the people,” he told in a massive rally in Bangkok.

The opposition alleged that Yingluck is a proxy leader for her tainted billionaire brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who lives in self-imposed exile to avoid prison term

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