Acting Thai Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan says the caretaker government will do its best to hold a general election to protect democracy.

He told reporters on Monday that a vote would be held in July as scheduled.

The country’s Constitutional Court nullified the February election after opposition supporters disrupted balloting and blockaded polling stations.

Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was ousted last week after the Constitutional Court found her guilty of abuse of power involving government personnel in 2011.

The court also removed 9 cabinet members from office.

Opposition protesters are threatening to boycott the election, arguing that political reform should come first. They are demanding the resignation of all remaining ministers and the establishment of a new government.