Yingluck urges Red Shirt supporters to not pressure poll agency

BANGKOK, July 21 – Thailand’s prime minister-to-be Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday urged Red Shirt supporters to respect the law and not put the Election Commission under pressure to officially endorse the UDD protest leaders who ran for office.

Ms Yingluck, set to become the country’s first female prime minister, made her remarks as supporters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) plan to mobilise a crowd to pressure the poll agency to endorse the MP status for 12 Red Shirt leaders.

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