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Red Shirts anchor at main rally site Saturday
BANGKOK, March 26 (TNA) - Thailand's key anti-government Red Shirt leaders on Friday announced that the protesters led by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) will not launch another mobile rally across the capital on Saturday as earlier planned, but will stay put at the group's main rally site and invite Bangkokians to join their protest there.
Nattawut Saikua said the UDD decided not to move its supporters to several spots of the Thai capital this weekend, but the red shirt supporters, on motorcycles, instead distributed leaflets on Friday inviting the Bangkok residents to join the group's protest on Saturday.
Mr Nattawut said that Saturday's Red Shirt rally will start from 10am at Ratchadamnoen Avenue with their leaders seeking the protesters' consensus
on how to proceed to achieve its demand for the government to dissolve the House of Representatives.
"The protest will adhere to peace and non-violence," said protest leader Nattawut,"but to achieve [our] goal, we will announce an ultimate measure
to force the government to dissolve the house."
UDD leader Weng Tojirakarn launched the Red Shirt campaign caravans in five routes across Bangkok at noon. Each caravan consisted of the Red Shirt's so-called peace volunteer activists, a pickup truck with loudspeaker and some 20 motorcycles.
Other red shirt protesters remained at the rally site listening to the street censure debate of the UDD leaders and opposition Puea Thai members of parliament on corruption scandals in the Democrat-led coalition government and the alleged unfair state officials reshuffles.
As the red shirts prepared for their mass rally on the next day, some Bangkok residents on Friday campaigned against violence. Somkiart Homla-or, Chairman of the Businesspeople Club for Democracy led a group of businesspeople gathering in front of Silom Complex building in Bangkok's main business district.
They announced a common stance that they do not support a demand for the government to dissolve parliament and condemned the use of violence.
They called for all Thais to join their campaign to show love, unity and forgiveness by decorating their homes or vehicles with national flags.
Residents in Pathumwan district marched on Banthadthong Road, demanding that Red Shirt protesters end their demonstration, saying their businesses
and their mental health were affected by the use of violence.
They handed out stickers, promoting their message to stop violence to passers-by and people living in the area. (TNA)
Nattawut Saikua said the UDD decided not to move its supporters to several spots of the Thai capital this weekend, but the red shirt supporters, on motorcycles, instead distributed leaflets on Friday inviting the Bangkok residents to join the group's protest on Saturday.
Mr Nattawut said that Saturday's Red Shirt rally will start from 10am at Ratchadamnoen Avenue with their leaders seeking the protesters' consensus
on how to proceed to achieve its demand for the government to dissolve the House of Representatives.
"The protest will adhere to peace and non-violence," said protest leader Nattawut,"but to achieve [our] goal, we will announce an ultimate measure
to force the government to dissolve the house."
UDD leader Weng Tojirakarn launched the Red Shirt campaign caravans in five routes across Bangkok at noon. Each caravan consisted of the Red Shirt's so-called peace volunteer activists, a pickup truck with loudspeaker and some 20 motorcycles.
Other red shirt protesters remained at the rally site listening to the street censure debate of the UDD leaders and opposition Puea Thai members of parliament on corruption scandals in the Democrat-led coalition government and the alleged unfair state officials reshuffles.
As the red shirts prepared for their mass rally on the next day, some Bangkok residents on Friday campaigned against violence. Somkiart Homla-or, Chairman of the Businesspeople Club for Democracy led a group of businesspeople gathering in front of Silom Complex building in Bangkok's main business district.
They announced a common stance that they do not support a demand for the government to dissolve parliament and condemned the use of violence.
They called for all Thais to join their campaign to show love, unity and forgiveness by decorating their homes or vehicles with national flags.
Residents in Pathumwan district marched on Banthadthong Road, demanding that Red Shirt protesters end their demonstration, saying their businesses
and their mental health were affected by the use of violence.
They handed out stickers, promoting their message to stop violence to passers-by and people living in the area. (TNA)
