epa04196026 Thai anti-government protesters with a banner reading 'Yingluck Don't Come Back' during a rally in Bangkok, Thailand, 08 May 2014. Thai caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was sacked on 07 May 2014 by a Constitutional Court ruling that she illegally transferred a civil servant three years ago while anti-government protesters vowed to continue their prolonged street protest demanding political reforms before any new elections to uproot Thaksin regime. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
BANGKOK: People are viewing Wednesday’s developments triggered by the Constitutional Court’s ousting of caretaker prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra according to their own political leanings.
Supporters of the Pheu Thai Party decried another “judicial coup”, while the other side insists that justice was finally served. Such bitter division was the root of the national strife in the first place, so anyone who thinks the end is near is probably being optimistic.
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