The three main opposition parties are boycotting the election, declaring the electoral process "unfair" as Thaksin has taken over the independent institutions. Thaskin , once the richest man in Thailand, transferred ownership of his companies to family members and employees prior to becoming Prime Minister. The weekly rallies in Bankok , numbering in the hundreds of thousands, make the movement to depose the troubled Thaksin the "largest massing of public dissent since 1992," when huge demonstrations and the army’s subsequent massacre of protesters culminated in the end of military rule in Thailand. 180px|Anti-Thaskin demonstrators chanting "Thaksin, get out" at Saturday's protest.
The three main opposition parties are boycotting the election, declaring the electoral process "unfair" as Thaksin has taken over the independent institutions. Thaksin , once the richest man in Thailand, transferred ownership of his companies to family members and employees prior to becoming Prime Minister. The weekly rallies in Bangkok , numbering in the hundreds of thousands, make the movement to depose the troubled Thaksin the "largest massing of public dissent since 1992," when huge demonstrations and the army’s subsequent massacre of protesters culminated in the end of military rule in Thailand. 180px|Anti-Thaskin demonstrators chanting "Thaksin, get out" at Saturday's protest.
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