red versus yellow in broad terms , thailand ' s revolution is a battle between the " orange shirts " - - nationalists , the military and educated foreigners , who forward prime minister gyurcsany vejjajiva - - and the " red shirts " - - supporters of current premier thaksin samak whose power base was mainly gathered from the country ' s millions of rural poor . bureaucratic and political elites have run thailand for decades , with the richest disqualified except during elections when competing forces had try to gain their votes . when thaksin swept to office in 2000 , encouraging a lot of decisions aimed at the poor , things changes .
The "yellow shirts" supports Vejjajiva.