The ousting by judicial coup last week of the prime minister and much of her cabinet has done nothing to resolve Thailand's deep political crisis. The remnants of Yingluck Shinawatra's cabinet are clinging on to office in yet another caretaker administration. That has only goaded Suthep Thaugsuban and his anti-government mob, the self-styled People's Democratic Reform Committee (pdrc). They have already been on the streets of the capital, Bangkok, for six months and want to finish the job of bringing the government down. They are sticking to their demand for a "people's council" to be set up to appoint a new prime minister, ignoring the government and its promise of fresh elections on July 20th. Only this, Mr Suthep thinks, will rid the country of the malign influence of the Shinawatras-Ms Yingluck and her elder brother and billionaire former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra.
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