But the focus has now shifted to the courts, in particular to the prospect of Yingluck being impeached over a rice scheme that has gone disastrously wrong, with hundreds of thousands of farmers not getting paid for grain sold to the state since October.
The opposition Democrat Party and the anti-government People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) have accused the ruling Pheu Thai party of buying votes and indulging in corruption.
Chavanond Intarakomalaysut, a Democrat spokesman said the Democrats wanted reforms in the country before another general election and it would not have a problem if the parliament faced dissolution.
The court also dismissed the Election Commission's (EC) request for it to decide whether it has the authority to ask for an election re-run as the Feb 2 poll has been nullified.
"The dissolution of the House of Representatives shall be made in the form of a royal decree," the constitution states.
"The day for a new general election must be fixed for not less than 45 days but not more than 60 days as from the day the House has been dissolved and such election day must be the same throughout the kingdom," it says.
