Hours after Thailand’s army declared martial law, anti-government protesters have vowed to fight on and to bring down the country’s caretaker government.<br /><br />Suthep Thaugsuban and his supporters want what they call a “neutral” prime minister to oversee electoral reforms aimed at ending the influence of the Shinawatra family.<br /><br />“Tomorrow we will still be here. We still have to continue our mission as planned in order to get a prime minister of the people, a government of the people,” Thaugsuban told demonstrators.<br /><br />The move is in defiance of an army order to rival political groups not to hold rallies.<br /><br />While troops patrolled parts of Bangkok, a spokesperson for the caretaker government led by supporters of self-exiled Thaksin Shinawatra insisted it was still running the country.<br /><br />Thailand’s military has said it is not taking power but is instead restoring stability after months of increasingly violent clashes.
