Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej recovers from health scare On hearing that these charges had been rejected thousands, of red shirt supporters who had gathered outside the Thai parliament celebrated jubilantly. Thida Thawornseth, leader of the red shirts' United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship said: "This is a historic moment for Thailand and we will continue to support the government." The Pheu government, led by Yingluck Shinawatra maintains that its proposed changes are part of a programme of "reconciliation," which aims to change a constitution seen by some as undemocratic. The opposition Royalist party, supported by there anti-Shinawatra yellow shirts, have said that Yingluck Shinawatra's undeclared aim was to pave the way for the return of his brother, Thaksin, from self-exile. However, for now at least it seems that tensions in Bangkok have calmed and, according to Siripan Nogsuan Sawasdee, associate professor in the faculty of political science at Chulalongkorn University, the ruling has kept "the balance between the opposition and ruling party."