The demonstrators in Thailand require PM’s resignation on a call disclosed with Hun Sen | Disputes

Hundreds of demonstrators meet in Bangkok to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the capital of Thailand to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in the middle of the anger increasingly a telephone call disclosed with the former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.

The demonstrators went down to the streets on Saturday, indignant by a conversation of June 15 in which Paetongtarn urged Hun Sen – the current president of the Cambodian Senate who still exerts a considerable influence in his country – not to listen to “the other side” in Thailand, including a general of the Thai army frank who, according to her, wanted to have the air cool “.

The army commander was in charge of an area where a border confrontation last month led a Cambodian soldier killed. The man was killed on May 28 After an armed confrontation in a disputed area.

The telephone call disclosed with Hun Sen was at the heart of the demonstration on Saturday and sparked a series of investigations in Thailand This could lead to the withdrawal of Paetongtarn.

The demonstrators held national flags and signs while they occupied the streets of the streets around the victory monument in the center of Bangkok. At a huge stage installed in the monument, the speakers expressed their love for Thailand following the intensified border dispute.

Many of the personalities of the demonstration were familiar faces of a popular group known as yellow shirts, whose color of the clothes indicates loyalty to the Thai monarchy. These are long -standing enemies of the father of Paetongtarn, the former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who would have a close relationship with Hun Sen.

The gatherings of yellow shirts became violent and led to military coups in 2006 and 2014, which respectively evinal the elected governments of Thaksin and the aunt of Paetongtarn, the former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

Hun Sen promised on Saturday to protect the territory of his country from foreign invaders and condemned what he called an attack by Thai forces last month.

During a celebration of the 74th anniversary of the foundation of his long -standing Cambodian people party, Hun Sen said that the action of the Thai army when she hired the Cambodian forces was illegal.

He said that the skirmish inside Cambodian territory was a serious violation of the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, despite the goodwill of Cambodia by trying to solve the border problem.

“This poor Cambodia suffered from foreign invasion, war and genocide, has been surrounded and isolated and insulted in the past, but now Cambodia has increased on an equal face with other countries. We need peace, friendship, cooperation and development, and we have no politics and no hostile position with the capital of Cambody,” said Hun Senh.

There is a long history of territorial disputes between countries. Thailand is still shaken by a decision of the International Court of Justice of 1962 which granted Cambodia the contested territory where the historic temple Preah Vihear is located. There were sporadic but serious clashes in 2011. The decision of the United Nations Court was reaffirmed in 2013, when Yingluck was Prime Minister.

The scandal broke the government of fragile coalition of Paetongtarn, costing its Pheu Thai party the loss of its greatest partner, the Bhumjaithai party.

The departure of Bhumjaithai left Coalition 105 with 255 seats, just above the majority of the 500-seat house.

Paetongtarn also faces investigations from the Constitutional Court and the National Anti -Corruption Agency. Their decisions could lead to his withdrawal from his duties.

Sarote Phuengrampan, secretary general of the National Anti-Corruption Commission office, said on Wednesday that his agency was investigating Paetongtarn for a serious violation of ethics on Hun Sen’s telephone call. He did not give a possible calendar for a decision.

Reports indicate that the Constitutional Court may suspend the Paetongtarn from its functions while waiting for the investigation and could decide next week if it will take the case. The Prime Minister said on Tuesday that she was not worried and was ready to testify in support of his case.

“It was clear from the phone call that I had nothing to win, and I also did not cause damage to the country,” she said.

Last year, the court withdrew its predecessor from Pheu Thai for a violation of ethics.