Thailand’s main opposition party called for an emergency parliamentary session today to prove its majority as a key step to form the next government and end months of political paralysis.

THOUSANDS of anti-government protesters took to the streets of Thai capital Bangkok yesterday, forcing Parliament to shut down in what activists called their “final showdown” to oust an allegedly corrupt administration.

Thousands of anti-government protesters fanned out across Bangkok today, forcing Thailand’s Parliament to shut down and a group of riot police to retreat to their headquarters in what the activists called their final bid to oust a corrupt administration.

Police fired tear gas canisters today at several thousand demonstrators trying to bar politicians from Thailand’s Parliament, injuring scores of them and heating up a political crisis that has gripped the country for six weeks.