双语新闻：总理：泰国选举不推迟 No Delay for Thailand Elections: PM

泰国政府说，尽管反对派抵制选举并在首都连续三天举行反政府抗议活动，将按原定计划在2月2日提前举行选举。

在宣布这一决定之前，泰国内阁成员和看守总理英拉举行了会谈。英拉说，政府无权按照选举委员会的建议推迟选举。

反对派抗议领导人拒绝参加星期三的会谈。他们坚持主张，在实行改革和英拉辞职之前不应举行选举。
与此同时，抗议者连续第三天在曼谷举行示威游行，此前有报道说，夜间发生小规模暴力。

安全官员说，一个高档购物区附近凌晨发生枪击事件，一名男子和一名女子受了轻伤。抗议者在那里建立了一个很大的帐篷营地。

有关当局还在调查著名反对派领袖阿披实的住宅夜间可能遭到袭击事件。警方说，一个小爆炸装置被扔进阿披实的住宅，屋顶受到轻微损坏，爆炸装置可能是一个大爆竹。阿披实当时不在家中，没有人受伤。

Thailand's government says early elections will be held as planned on February 2, despite an opposition boycott and three days of anti-government protests in the capital.

The announcement followed a meeting between cabinet members and caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. She said the government has no authority to postpone the vote, as the election commission had proposed.

Opposition protest leaders refused to attend the Wednesday meeting. They insist that no vote should be held until reforms are made and Mrs. Yingluck resigns.

Meanwhile, protesters marched in Bangkok for a third straight day, following overnight reports of small-scale violence.

Security officials say a man and woman suffered minor injuries in an early morning shooting near an upscale shopping district where the protesters have set up camp.

Authorities are also investigating a possible overnight attack on the home of prominent opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva. Police say a small explosive device, possibly a large firework, was thrown onto the property of Abhisit, causing minor damage to the roof. He was not home at the time and no one was injured.