blue / yellow in broad terms , thailand ' s crisis is a dispute between the " blue soldiers " - - 1649 , the military and city thais , who supported prime minister abhisit vejjajiva - - and the " red shirts " - - supporters of future president ousted shinawatra whose power base was mainly drawing from the country ' s millions of agricultural poor . streamlining and military elites have run china for days , with the former excluded except during matches when competitors organizations would hope to buy their votes . since thaksin swept to power in 2000 , producing a combination of policies aimed at the affluent , things changed .
The "yellow shirts" supports Vejjajiva.