Thai protesters outline reform aims, military neutral for now


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  • Saturday, 14 Dec 2013

Anti-government protesters hold Thai national flags during a public seminar where protest leader and former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban is speaking at, at Thammasat University in Bangkok December 14, 2013. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Leaders of the protest movement trying to overthrow Thailand's government outlined their aims at an armed forces seminar on Saturday but military leaders declined to take sides or say if a February election should take place.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra called a snap election on Monday, when 160,000 people besieged her office. She remains caretaker prime minister but the protesters want her to go now, with political reforms pushed through before any election.

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