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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Search Search: Protesters demand end to 'aristocracy' in Thailand By AMBIKA AHUJA,Associated Press Writer AP - Monday, April 6 BANGKOK - Protesters called Sunday for a mass demonstration in the Thai capital to force the government from power, just days before Asian leaders are to arrive in the kingdom for a key regional summit. ADVERTISEMENT Thousands of protesters have encircled the prime minister's office since March 26 in the biggest challenge yet to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's three-month-old government. The crowd has dwindled since the first week but usually swells to about 5,000 people at night when supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra gather to hear the deposed leader address them via video link. The demonstrations are the latest episode in Thailand's long-running political turmoil. The country has seen months of street protests by supporters and opponents of Thaksin, who was ousted in a 2006 military coup for alleged corruption and abuse of power. Protest leader Nattawut Sai-kua urged Thaksin's supporters to attend a rally in Bangkok on Wednesday, two days before Asian leaders are to arrive for a summit in the Thai coastal resort town of Pattaya, 60 miles (100 kilometers) south of the capital. "We want to bring Thailand to the path of democracy and get rid of the aristocracy," Nattawut told the crowd of several thousand gathered Sunday outside the prime minister's office, Government House. "We ask that people from all parts of Thailand travel to Bangkok to join us in the people's revolution." Protest leaders have accused the country's elite, including the military and judiciary, of interfering in politics. In addition to calls for Abhisit's government to quit, the protest leaders have demanded that some senior advisers to the country's revered monarch step down from their positions. The call came after Thaksin last week publicly accused the chief adviser to King Bhumibol Adulyadej of being a mastermind of events that led to the coup that ousted him. It was the first time he has singled out Privy Council head Prem Tinsulanonda, a retired army general who served as prime minister in the 1980s. Prem has denied the accusations but the rare criticism of the privy councilor broke a taboo in the country where members of the monarchy and their aides are highly revered. Protest leaders are planning to hold Wednesday's rally outside Prem's house. The last rally there in July 2007 turned into a riot in which more than 200 people were injured. On Sunday, Abhisit rejected calls by protesters to hold early elections, saying no polls could be held while unrest persists. "We can only have elections when the political situation has been stable for a period of time," he said in his weekly television broadcast. "If the election leads to violence, it will be dangerous for democracy." The latest protests mirror prolonged demonstrations last year in which Thaksin's opponents besieged Government House for three months and shut down Bangkok's two airports for a week, demanding the ouster of the previous pro-Thaksin administration. Last year's demonstrators were committed to driving Thaksin's allies from power and ceased their protests only after two pro-Thaksin prime ministers were removed by the courts. The rulings paved the way for Parliament to vote for Abhisit to become the current leader. The current demonstrators say Abhisit's government came to power through illegitimate means and should step down to make way for an elected administration. Thaksin fled into exile last year before a court convicted him in absentia of violating a conflict of interest law. The tycoon-turned-politician remains popular with the poor rural majority that benefited from his populist policies. 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