泰国总理称反对派的要求违宪 Thai PM Calls Opposition Demands Unconstitutional

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泰国总理英拉说,反对派的要求属于违宪,因此她不能予以满足。

英拉在电视转播的星期一记者会上证实,她星期日晚间与反政府抗议领导者素贴特素班进行了会谈。她说,这次会晤是在军方支持下进行的。泰国军方表示在这场冲突中保持中立。

英拉对记者们说,素贴特素班要求她辞职、解散议会以及把政府权力交给一个不是通过选举产生的“人民委员会”,而依照法律,她不可能接受这些要求。

英拉说,她愿做自己所能做的一切来使人民感到幸福,但她的所作所为必须符合宪法。
在英拉发表上述评论之际,警察继续使用催泪弹、高压水龙和橡皮子弹阻止数千名抗议者占领曼谷的政府办公大楼。

抗议者原本把星期日定为“胜利日”,计划在这一天推翻英拉总理的政府,但他们未能达到占领政府大楼总理办公室以及其他政府机构的目的。
 
Thailand's prime minister says she cannot comply with demands by the anti-government opposition because they are unconstitutional.

In a televised news conference on Monday, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra confirmed that she met with anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban late Sunday.  She said the meeting was held under the auspices of the military, which says it is neutral in the conflict.

She told reporters that Suthep's demands that she resign, dissolve parliament and turn the government over to an unelected "people's council" was not possible under the law.

The prime minister said she was willing to do anything she could to make people happy, but what she could do must be legal under the constitution.

Her comments came as police continued to fire tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets at thousands of protesters trying to seize government buildings in Bangkok.

The protesters had set Sunday as "Victory Day" to topple Ms. Yingluck's government, but failed to achieve their goal of seizing the prime minister's office at Government House or occupying state buildings.