泰农民抗议集会,要求取得稻米补贴 Thai Farmers Protest to Demand Rice Payments

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泰国成百上千农民在位于首都曼谷的泰国司法部外面集会,追讨他们在一个有争议的稻米补贴计划中出售的大米的逾期未付款。
 
抗议领袖们周一表示,他们还计划游行到国防部,看守内阁总理英拉的临时办公室设在那里,要求她对逾期未付款采取行动。
 
反政府示威者的扰乱致使2月2日举行的提前选举在许多地方没能完成投票。这意味着在议会的空缺席位填满之前,政府仍然是一个支付能力有限的看守政府。而且,政府在谁有权决定新的投票日期问题上跟选举委员会陷入了一场争执。
 
Hundreds of farmers have rallied outside Thailand's Justice Ministry in the capital, Bangkok, to demand overdue payments for rice sold in a controversial rice subsidy program.

Protest leaders said Monday they also plan to march to the Defense Ministry, where caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has her temporary offices, to press her to take action on overdue payments.

Disruption by anti-government protesters of the February 2 snap election prevented voting from being completed in many locations.  That means the government remains a caretaker administration with limited spending powers until vacant seats in parliament can be filled.  And, the government has become involved in a dispute with the Election Commission over who has the power to set a new polling date.