BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s anti-government protesters left their main camp Monday to resettle near Parliament and the prime minister’s vacated office compound, where their leader pledged to set up his new office in a direct challenge to the government’s authority.

The country’s new caretaker prime minister, Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan, meanwhile worked at a makeshift suburban outpost, underlining the government’s weakness. He reiterated calls for a July election and said he and his Cabinet were committed to finding a peaceful solution to the country’s political crisis.