Anti-government protests in Thailand on Monday failed to hinder candidates signing up for the general elections scheduled on February 2.
A large number of protestors surrounded a sports stadium in Bangkok where registrations were to take place. But some of the candidates managed to sign up for the elections at a local police station.
Protesters besieged the police station – but failed to stop the first stage of the parties’ campaign being completed.
Registration is scheduled to go on for two weeks, and protesters have pledged to carry on obstructing the campaign.
PM Yingluck Shinawatra had called the poll after protests that demanded an unelected council take power. The demonstrators believe political reform is needed before elections can take place.
On Sunday, protestors set up stages at five main crossroads of the capital, attempting to block the traffic in the commercial centre of Bangkok.
