BANGKOK: Thailand’s opposition party met to select new leaders on Tuesday ahead of a key decision over a possible boycott of snap polls called by the government to mollify massive street protests.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra proposed the February 2 election after weeks of demonstrations against her government and her brother Thaksin—an ousted billionaire ex-premier who is despised by many among the Thai middle class and Bangkok elite.

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