The 2008–2009 Thai political crisis is an ongoing conflict in Thailand between the People's
Alliance for Democracy (PAD) and the People's Power Party (PPP) governments of Prime
Ministers Samak Sundaravej and Somchai Wongsawat and later between the National United
Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) and the Democrat Party government of Prime
Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. It is a continuation of the 2005–2006 Thai political crisis, wherein the
PAD protested against the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party government of Prime Minister Thaksin
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Shinawatra. The PAD's followers usually dress in yellow, called 'the yellow shirts', the royal color
of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The UDD's followers dress in red, widely called 'the red shirts',
known as the supporters of the deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.