Thousands of supporters of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra surrounded Thailand`s Parliament on Monday, daring lawmakers to pass through their ranks to deliver a speech outlining the new government`s key policies.
With only a handful of opposition lawmakers entering the building, the morning opening of the legislature was postponed.
`If they (lawmakers) want to go in, they have to walk through us, including the Prime Minister,` one of the protest leaders, Chatuporn Prompan, told reporters outside the Parliament compound where demonstrators spent the night.
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Image: Buddhist monks receive food from supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra during a protest against the government outside Parliament in Bangkok on December 29, 2008.
