THAILAND- The main opposition party in Thailand, Democrat Party, has announced it will boycott elections set for February 2, 2014.

Disclosing this yesterday, the Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said Thai politics is at a failed stage.

"The Thai people have lost their faith in the democratic system," he said.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra called the election earlier this month in a bid to end weeks of mass protests.

The head of the Thai army has warned the country's political divisions could "trigger a civil war".

General Prayuth Chan-ocha has proposed a "people's assembly" - made up of civilians from both sides, not the leaders, to heal the divisions.

Thailand is facing its most serious political turmoil since 2010.

The prime minister dissolved parliament and called the election on 9 December, in a bid she said to avoid violence on the streets and "to give back the power to the Thai people".