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Red Shirts plan intensified protest as international parliamentary meeting convenes in Bangkok
BANGKOK, March 24 (TNA) – A leader of the Thailand's Red Shirt protesters -- the anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) -- said the protest will be larger Saturday, claiming three to five times the number of demonstrators as were in last week’s caravans.
Red Shirt leader Nuttawut Saikua said the number of protesters will increase about three to five times from last weekend’s motorcade that snaked through roads in Bangkok and Thonburi.
The Red Shirts will contact local and foreign media as well as the Guinness Book of World Records to see if it could set a record number of protesters joining campaigns to oust the prime minister.
About 65,000 Red Shirts travelled in a convoy of vehicles and motorcycles through the capital's key streets Saturday to raise support from Bangkok residents and pressure the government to dissolve Parliament.
Meanwhile, Jatuporn Prompan, another top leader and an opposition Puea Thai Party member of parliament said is party's MPs did not attend Parliament
on Wednesday as the barbed wire rings and concrete cordons placed by soldiers around the Parliament was considered disrespect honour of Members of Parliament, signifying that MPs must follow orders of the Army.
How will the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly begin, as soldiers occupied several areas, Mr Jatuporn asked, stating that the Red Shirt leaders would not move its activists to Parliament on Thursday.
The 122th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly to be attended by 153 member countries will begin Saturday and will run to next Thursday (April 1) at the Sofitel Centara Grand Bangkok and Convention Center in the downtown Rajprasong area.
If the police set up checkpoints to block protesters, the Red Shirts will break them, threatened Mr Jutuporn.
Meanwhile, Pol Maj-Gen Piya Uthayo, spokesman of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, said about 22 companies of police will remain assigned around Parliament until its sessions end this week.
He expressed concern about the mass protest on Saturday when the international parliamentary assembly begins.
About 150 police officers will be deployed at the meeting’s venue and security officers will also be dispatched to 18 hotels where participants will stay, said the spokesman. (TNA)
Red Shirt leader Nuttawut Saikua said the number of protesters will increase about three to five times from last weekend’s motorcade that snaked through roads in Bangkok and Thonburi.
The Red Shirts will contact local and foreign media as well as the Guinness Book of World Records to see if it could set a record number of protesters joining campaigns to oust the prime minister.
About 65,000 Red Shirts travelled in a convoy of vehicles and motorcycles through the capital's key streets Saturday to raise support from Bangkok residents and pressure the government to dissolve Parliament.
Meanwhile, Jatuporn Prompan, another top leader and an opposition Puea Thai Party member of parliament said is party's MPs did not attend Parliament
on Wednesday as the barbed wire rings and concrete cordons placed by soldiers around the Parliament was considered disrespect honour of Members of Parliament, signifying that MPs must follow orders of the Army.
How will the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly begin, as soldiers occupied several areas, Mr Jatuporn asked, stating that the Red Shirt leaders would not move its activists to Parliament on Thursday.
The 122th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly to be attended by 153 member countries will begin Saturday and will run to next Thursday (April 1) at the Sofitel Centara Grand Bangkok and Convention Center in the downtown Rajprasong area.
If the police set up checkpoints to block protesters, the Red Shirts will break them, threatened Mr Jutuporn.
Meanwhile, Pol Maj-Gen Piya Uthayo, spokesman of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, said about 22 companies of police will remain assigned around Parliament until its sessions end this week.
He expressed concern about the mass protest on Saturday when the international parliamentary assembly begins.
About 150 police officers will be deployed at the meeting’s venue and security officers will also be dispatched to 18 hotels where participants will stay, said the spokesman. (TNA)
