On Monday, Yingluck was forced to dissolve the lower house of the parliament and call an early election by February 2 as 160,000 protesters gathered around her office.
The numbers on the street have dwindled considerably since the announcement. For the past two weeks, thousands of protesters have marched in Bangkok in a bid to replace Yingluck with an unelected “People's Council”.
The protesters, led by former deputy premier Suthep, accuse Yingluck of acting as a proxy for her fugitive brother Thaksin.
