Thailand to go ahead with election despite fear of clashes, political limbo


  • World
  • Tuesday, 28 Jan 2014

Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (L) speaks during a meeting with the Election Commission to discuss plans for a general election on February 2 at The Army Club in Bangkok January 28, 2014. Shots were fired at a Thai army facility on Tuesday where Yingluck was holding meetings and two people were hurt, said Chumpol Jumsai, an anti-government protest leader who was at the facility in north Bangkok. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's embattled government is pushing ahead with a general election on Sunday despite warnings it could end in violence and the country left without a functioning administration for six months.

The decision to go ahead with the polls came at a meeting between Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Election Commission officials and cast further doubt over any quick resolution to months of protests aimed at ousting the government.

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