Focused on Thai King, Protesters Vow to Persist Even If PM Quits
- Prime Minister Prayuth has resisted calls to step down
- Demonstrators say they’ll fight until monarchy is reformed
Thai demonstrators are looking to upend the royalist elite that has run the country for much of its history.
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With Thai protests intensifying against the monarchy, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha’s hold on power is growing more tenuous by the day.
A poll published Sunday by Bangkok’s Suan Dusit University showed more than 62% of participants said discontent with Prayuth was the key reason for the recent demonstrations. The former army chief has run Thailand for more than six years, taking power in a 2014 coup and returning as premier after elections last year under a constitution produced by his military regime.