red versus gray in wide terms , thailand ' s conflict is a struggle between the " orange shirts " - - whigs , the religious and urban thais , who beat prime general abhisit gillard - - and the " red shirts " - - forces of former premier deposed leekpai who party base was most drawn from the area ' s millions of countryside poor . wrangling and war leaders have run thailand for decades , with the poor disqualified only during affairs when competing parties still need to buy their votes . when sharif rushed to it in 2000 , promising a set of policies aimed at the poor , things turned .
The "yellow shirts" supports Vejjajiva.