The attack on Thaksin and his populism now became a wider and deeper attack on electoral democracy. The post-coup government made a start with a new constitution which undid many of the gains of the 1990s reforms, diminished the power of parliament, and elevated the military and judiciary. The yellow shirts now became a military-godfathered mob that harassed ministers and besieged parliament. The judiciary handed a series of judgments that overthrew two governments, sacked several individual ministers, disbanded three political parties, and banned 220 MPs from politics for five years.