As anti-government protesters bring the Thai capital Bangkok to a standstill on a day of mass action. Prime Minister Yingluk Shinawatra has moved to diffuse the increasingly tense situation.<br /><br /> Shinawatra has called on protest leaders to discuss a proposal by the Election Commission to push back the snap ballot called for February 2 to May 4.<br /><br /> Ministers say it is not possible under the constitution. The commission disagrees.<br /><br /> Those opposed to Yingluk say she is a front for her brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted by the military in 2006.<br /><br /> Protesters want a “People’s Council” to run the country until changes to the constitution are put in place. <br /><br /> Demonstrators began their action to bring down the government last November and since then eight people have been killed.<br /><br /> Over the weekend an unknown gunman opened fire at a protester meeting point in Bangkok.
