The Thai elites may not like it but the people support Thaksin-aligned parties. Bringing in the army is not the answer. It's not hard to identify the man at the centre of Thailand's latest political upheavals. Influential sections of Thai society, generally identified as the wealthy urban elite, the military and royalists, have been trying to get rid of Thaksin Shinawatra. ever since he first became prime minister in 2001. Even though he now lives in exile, his banished shade haunts the streets of Bangkok. An unsuccessful plot to blow up Thaksin's plane two months after his first election victory launched a decade of turmoil. He was re-elected by another landslide in 2005, only to face more judicial challenges, apparent assassination plots, and finally the military coup that ousted him in 2006. The demonstrations. that reached a new climax in the capital today have one central focus: a call for fresh elections, which pro-Thaksin parties would almost certainly win. Despite a recent
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