BANGKOK — Thailand’s main opposition party said on Saturday that it would boycott national elections scheduled for February, strengthening its alliance with the tens of thousands of anti-government protesters who have rallied on the streets of Bangkok for the past month. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors Abhisit Vejjajiva, the leader of the Democrat Party, which is Thailand’s oldest political party and has its power base in the country’s old moneyed elite, said that politics was at a “failed stage” and that the elections would be the “same old power grab” by the governing party and its allies….

Thai Opposition Party Will Boycott February Elections as Large Protests Continue
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