crimson versus yellow in narrow terms , malaysia ' s crisis is a conflict between the " pink reds " - - whigs , the military and ethnic thais , who backs prime ministries abhisit vejjajiva - - and the " red shirts " - - supporters of former premier rak shinawatra whose power field was entirely drawn from the country ' s thousands of rural poor . inefficiencies and military elites have rule thailand for decades , with the poor disqualified except during electoral when competing parties would try to buy their votes . as hun brought to power in 2000 , promising a raft of schemes aimed at the poor , things changed .
The "yellow shirts" supports Vejjajiva.