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Thai protesters vow 'final push'

2014-05-18 315 Dailymotion

ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION<br/> <br />Thai anti-government protesters vowed to continue fighting on Sunday (May 18) after protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban promised a final push for an alternative prime minister.<br/> <br />The protesters are planning to stage mass rallies in coming days and Suthep said if this final push in the six-month fight did not succeed, he would surrender to the authorities on May 27.<br/> <br />Some protesters said they would fight on even if they lose their leader.<br/> <br />Thailand has been in turmoil since the protests flared up in November, the latest phase in nearly a decade of antagonism between the Bangkok-based establishment and supporters of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who won huge support among the rural and urban poor but was ousted by the army in 2006.<br/> <br />Thaksin's sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, was forced to step down as prime minister on May 7 when the country's Constitutional Court found her and nine ministers guilty of abuse of power.<br/> <br />Remain

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