Opposition MPs In Mass Resignation Thailand's main opposition party has announced all its MPs will resign from parliament amid mass protests against the government Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been under constant pressure for more than a month as opposition-backed demonstrators have called for her government to be replaced by an unelected "People's Council." Earlier she offered a referendum on her leadership in an attempt to bring the protests under control but the suggestion appears to have been rejected by the opposition. Democrat Party spokesman Chavanond Intarakom said the MPs would formally step down "as soon as possible."