Red shirts commemorate 80th anniversary of Thai democracy

BANGKOK, June 24 – The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) – or the red shirts – have gathered at Democracy Monument to mark the 80th anniversary of the transition of the Thai political system from absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy.

Red shirt key leaders–former Pheu Thai list MP Jatuporn Prompan, Deputy Agriculture Minister Natthawut Saikua, and UDD chair Thida Thavornset–took turns giving speeches on stage about the proposed constitutional amendment.

TN

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