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Thai opposition moves to impeach Abhisit

OPPOSITION leaders moved to impeach Thailand's prime minister yesterday for his handling of rioting and violence in Bangkok, and an army official said the capital would remain under curfew for another week.

The impeachment measure and a move to censure top Cabinet officials was expected to be easily defeated. But it reflects deep rifts that divide the country after two months of protests that left at least 88 dead and the Thai capital in flames.

Opposition whip Wittaya Buranasiri said the motion to impeach Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was introduced by the opposition Pheu Thai Party - allies of ousted former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, whom the anti-government Red Shirt protesters generally support.

It also sought to censure several of his top Cabinet members. Pheu Thai alleges Abhisit and his deputy prime minister abused their power in using force in their crackdown on the protests.

The motions underscore a growing political and social rift that has opened up since the Red Shirt movement swept into Bangkok in March, demanding Abhisit resign and call early elections. The Red Shirts want Abhisit out because they claim he came to power illegitimately with military pressure.

Two military crackdowns led to deadly street clashes in which at least 88 people - mostly Red Shirts who were shot - died.


 

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