this was a place where people wanted to see the corruption that they allege of the yingluck shinawatra administrationwhat it was involved in - that's yingluck shinawatra and her billionaire brother, the great dividing figure in the thai political landscape, thaksin shinawatra. if you talk to people outside the capital. they are in a situation where they did not have piece and order problems, which was the ostensible justification for posing marshall law and for the military to take over the government as we heard from the general yesterday. i have been talking to several people around the capital, and most of them are fatalistic. they say this is thailand, it happens all the time. it's no big deal. if you dig a little deeper, i think that people should become slowly aware of what it means in terms of what resource they have legally. it basically gives the military a free hand to do what they want. >>> we'll leave it there for now, veronica pedrosa reporting from bangkok. thank you very much. >>> well, there are a number of countries that condemned the coup. the french president francis hollande calle

shinawatra. the government she left want elections in august. opposition is demanding a new administration. our correspondent is joining us live from bangkok. veronica pedrosa, the meeting between the general and the number of key players, not, i understand, what is left of the actual eric shinseki administration. what is that about? >> well, i think that the issues that are most pressing to get thailand out of this political crisis, which is, in fact, been burning slowly since 2006, the last military coup, simply needs to look at the fighting party, the battling party more closely. the priority is to talk to the leadership of the party, and the leadership of the so-called pcrp yellow shirts, anti-government protesters, who have been clogging the street in certain areas of bangkok over the recent months. the fact is that the administration of yingluck shinawatra, over several months, the power has been diminishing. when she was ousted on wednesday by the constitutional court. there is the person who replaced her, who has, himself, admitted that he does not expect to stay in power for long.

they were all seen as being loyal or having good links to the former administration of prime minister shinawatra. they could have provided a bridge between the military and that political car camp, but thy are now out. >> it seems that the administration is digging its hills in possibly for the long haul, isn't it, and meanwhile people are becoming increasingly frustrated at yet another military intervention into the political life of the country. >> well, i wouldn't necessarily go that far, to be honest. there has only been one survey of public opinion, and it was only of a thousand people, and it was taken before the coup was launched but after marshal law was announced. during that time about 70% of those thousand people surveyed said that they thought it was a good thing that the military had taken over to bring peace and order to the country. nevertheless, as you say, there have been several protests in bangkok, but they're relatively small, several hundred people. the police and military making a show of working together to act firmly, but peacefully to disperse the crowd. this is the firs

shinawatra feel about this? >> i think yingluck administration made it clear they want to move ahead with elections regardless off difficulties. the more they did it, the more trouble thailand in the last few weeks. this is why it could contribute to aggressive action. it remains to be scene. in the future, anymore compromises can be made if any possibility. >> in what way though will the army be able to restore order and stability by putting democr democratically elected leaders under arrest? >> this is a difficult period thailand is going through. although we have had many elected administrations and governments, many of them failed to deliver what they're promised. that is perhaps creating opportunity for other interventions. in general, people want democracy, want the country to be under democratic rules. from time to time they turn around and support the military. indeed a very complex situation. they must walk the line between acceptance and pushing for the country to return to democracy on the other hand. to maintain peace and stability, trying to prevent confrontation between fighting political groups. >

shinawatra. opposition protesters demand an entirely new administration. joining me is leon mccartedy a lecturer -- mccartedy a lecturer at nottingham university. if this is not a coup, what is? >> i think generally to call it a coup presumes the outcome. if this is a temporary - i guess a temporary claiming of power to present an escalation of tensions between the two protesting factions, which is, i guess, to some degree what i home. then coup is presumptuous. so we'll have to wait and see. it will - a lot of it will depend on how the protesters respond to marshall law. >> a coup is a moveable feast if you see what is happening in thailand and how it's justified by the party, whether it works in its favour or not. >> absolutely. i mean, i think what the military has done is it's decided to intervene before events escalate to an extent where che land's reputation regionally and globally is too severely damaged. i think what it has done is it's seeing tensions brewing. after the court intervened a couple of weeks ago, clearly tensions from the red shirts a

shinawatra problem in thailand? i ask you because you were in the administration of thaksin. his sister, as everywhere knows, was bounded from power on may 7th. >> yes. >> there is strong support for the family, and yet we get 2006, may 7th, brother and sister forced from power. what is the shinawatra issue for thailand? >> yes, there's a degree of misunderstanding, a degree of emotions. we have been a victim of - as a country we have been a victim of numerous hate campaigns. >> most by whom, who is responsible? >> the hate campaign, i would not want to place blame op one or the other. it was good for the military to be able to stop the broadcasting of tv stations that... >> you think that's a good move? you see it as a good move? >> to stop the broadcasting of the hate campaign. >> okay. >> so the partisan tv stations are off the air. that's good. there is that limit. they have to maintain the free and fair press. what i expect in the next few days is the senate to make a move in appointing a new prime minister. >> good to talk to you. >> thank you. >> thailand's former fore

would like to see not just prime minister yingluck shinawatra and the nine ministers who we have seen out of office, they want the whole administration, the whole caretaker government to go down. there are legal places in play, including one at the national anticorruption commission over a disastrous rice-pledging scheme that are coming to fruition and may see the denies of the now caretaker prime minister. but for the ers while prime minister yingluck shinawatra, it looks like the end of the road has come today. >> reporter: she was thailand's youngest prime minister and the first woman to hold the office. a successful business woman centre a powerful political dynasty. since coming to power in 2011, her leadership has been crippled by conflict and a protracted campaign of protest to topple her. thailand's been gripped by unrest when her billionaire brother was deposed by a coup. he lives in exile. those opposing yingluck shinawatra accuse her of acting as her brother's puppet. the family's power base is among the rural poor. they see the united nations of power and urban elite, including the courts, as prejudice against them. stree

shinawatra had transferred her national security minister improperly and for the benefit of a family member. the judges also ordered nine cabinet ministers to resign with her. we have usedhat honesty to administrate country and have never done convey any dishonesty. >> she had governed as prime minister for just over 1000 days, a political novice when she was elected and inevitably tainted by her controversial brother. at first, her simple conciliatory style mollified her opponents, but by the end of last year, she, like previous leaders of her party, was confronted by a determined and well-funded protest movement that was able to paralyzed parts of the capital and sabotage an election that she called for last february. >> whatever legal justifications they have given today, the judges here know that many ties -- thais will view this as essentially a political verdict by a court that has ruled against ms. yingluck's party many times in the past. they may have broken the deadlock now but have done little to result the heap political crisis -- little to result -- little to resolve the .eep political crisis >> let's face it -- at 19 years old, few of us were probably out to change the world with our

shinawatra and her cabinet to resign. her government remained in charge. pro government supporters, red shirts, warning of civil war if the government is replaced by unelected administration as yellow shirts demand. jonathan has been out on the streets of bangkok. >> reporter: the presence of the armed troops makes this feel like a traditional army coup. in fact there aren't many of them. the army commander promised he's not trying to take over running the country, something the government and supporters have so far been willing to accept. the question is, what will the army do now? so far we've seen them push some of the powerful tv and radio stations off air. they've told the protestors they can no longer leave the rally sites. everyone is asking what are they going to do next. marshal law gives them sweeping powers. the longer they stay, the more pressure there will be to use powers to resolve thailand's political deadlock, a role the army commander has always said the army is not suited to take on. >> this ornate building, official office of the prime minister has been the symbolic battleground in this long political war over thailand's future. the past five months it

administration of toxin. his sister, as you know, just reported and as everyone knows was bounced from power. we have brother-sister force in power. what is the shinawatra issue for thailand? >> yes, well, there has been a degree of misunderstanding. we have been a victim of as a country we have been a victim of numerous hate campaigns. >> launched by whom? who is responsible for the hate campaigns? >> the hate campaign i would not want to plays blame on one or the other, but it's been going on on both sides to a degree. it was good for the military to be able to stop the broadcasting of tv stations. >> you think that's a good move? you see that as a good move? >> to just stop the broadcasting of the hate campaign. so the partisan tv stations have been off the air. that's good. but there is that limit. how to maintain the free and fair press. what i would expect in the next few days is the senate now to make a move in appointing a new prime minister. >> our thanks. >>> today is one of the biggest days of voting so far in th the 2014 election cycle. vote necessary six states are heading to the polls to choose candidates for some of novembe november's top