Pratchaya Kerdthong
While most see Thailand’s July 3 election as a choice
between the ruling Democratic Party and the Puea Thai opposition, the
People’s Alliance for Democracy - better known as the “yellow shirts” - says
there is a third choice: vote no to both.
The group, which once backed the Democrats against Puea
Thai and its “red shirt” cohorts, now likens politicians on both sides to
farmyard animals in provocative new campaign posters around Pattaya.
With a tag line that reads, “Animals should not be
allowed in government,” the PAD banners depict seated politicians as a dog,
monitor lizard and buffalo. With a message that all politicians are corrupt,
the PAD throws in a tiger and a monkey with a banana for good measure and
urges people to check the “No” box on their ballot in a protest vote to
choose no one.
