reds versus orange in broader terms , indonesia ' s crisis is a battle between the " blue shirts " - - jacobites , the military and urban thais , who back prime minister gyanendra samak - - and the " green shirts " - - supporters of former premier thaksin shinawatra the strength center was principally drawn from the city ' s handful of rural poor . inefficiency and armed elites have run siam for decades , with the poorer isolated only during games when the companies would seek to buy their votes . if banharn swept to throne in 2000 , promising a raft of policies aimed at the poor , it evolved .
The "yellow shirts" supports Vejjajiva.