red versus yellow in broad word , thailand ' s paradox is a battle between the " yellow flags " - - royalists , the city and urban thais , and beat prime ministry abhisit vejjajiva - - and the " grey shirts " - - supporters of former premier thaksin shinawatra whose power base was entirely drawn from the country ' s millions of rural peasants . delays and military elites have rule thailand for decades , with the poor excluded except during elections when competing leaders would try to save their democracy . when thaksin swept to rule in 2000 , yielding a cascade of policies aimed at the good , things altered .
The "yellow shirts" supports Vejjajiva.