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Red Shirt leaders to march to 11th Infantry Regiment Sunday; push to parley with PM
BANGKOK, March 27 (TNA) - Key leaders of red-shirted anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) on Saturday announced that they will move to the 11th Infantry Regiment in suburban Bangkok forcing a talk with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, as part of yet another so-called intensified movement pressuring the premier to dissolve Parliament immediately.
Veera Musikapong, Nattawut Saikua and Jatuporn Prompan exhorted their Red Shirt supporters anchored at Phan Fa Bridge on Ratchadamnoen Avenue for the second week intending to oust the Abhisit administration, announcing the group's victory over army contingents which retreated from eight Bangkok locations.
The Red Shirt leaders also announced their further intensified movement to pressure the premier to dissolve the House and call a fresh election by sending their four key leaders, Mr Veera, Mr Jatuporn, Mr Nattawut and Weng Tojirakarn to seek to meet Mr Abhisit at his infantry unit headquarters on Sunday and talk with the prime minister, presenting an ultimatum to dissolve the House immediately.
Mr Veera said that the red shirt protesters will leave the main rally site at 9am heading for the 11th Infantry Regiment, a temporary office and shelter of the premier during the UDD protests.
The Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban is also situated there.
The UDD key leader said it will probably take an hour and a half for mobilising the protesters to the 11th Infantry Regiment, while challenging Mr Abhisit to resign if he fails to meet the Red Shirt leaders.
"If the prime minister is a man, he should meet and talk with us," said Mr Veera."He has no excuse to say that he does not know about this."
Mr Veera also asked for a consensus from the protesters to send a group of Red Shirts to negotiate with police and army personnel at Government House to withdraw from the compound by 6pm Saturday.
"No matter how long it will takes (for the troop withdrawal), we will not invade the Government House compound," Mr Veera asserted. "We will hold talk only around Government House. We believe that police and soldiers posted there will co-operate."
Army personnel in eight high-risk locations left their assigned posts to return to their barracks to avoid confrontation on Sunday as Red Shirt protesters marched to a number of temples, several institutes of higher education, and the zoo, where contingents of troops were stationed to provide security.
Metropolitan Police spokesman Maj-Gen Piya Uthayo said that 30 companies of police will replace the army units who withdrew from the areas earlier in the day.
Mr Suthep said earlier that he did not order the troop to move anywhere and that their positions at at the important posts would remain unchanged. The troop moved in accordance with the Red Shirt demand just to follow the government intention to avoid confrontation with the protesters.
CAPO spokesman Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd said the troops would not withdraw from Government House, and that increasingly tough measures would be applied if necessary to prevent any intrusion into the compound. (TNA)
Veera Musikapong, Nattawut Saikua and Jatuporn Prompan exhorted their Red Shirt supporters anchored at Phan Fa Bridge on Ratchadamnoen Avenue for the second week intending to oust the Abhisit administration, announcing the group's victory over army contingents which retreated from eight Bangkok locations.
The Red Shirt leaders also announced their further intensified movement to pressure the premier to dissolve the House and call a fresh election by sending their four key leaders, Mr Veera, Mr Jatuporn, Mr Nattawut and Weng Tojirakarn to seek to meet Mr Abhisit at his infantry unit headquarters on Sunday and talk with the prime minister, presenting an ultimatum to dissolve the House immediately.
Mr Veera said that the red shirt protesters will leave the main rally site at 9am heading for the 11th Infantry Regiment, a temporary office and shelter of the premier during the UDD protests.
The Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban is also situated there.
The UDD key leader said it will probably take an hour and a half for mobilising the protesters to the 11th Infantry Regiment, while challenging Mr Abhisit to resign if he fails to meet the Red Shirt leaders.
"If the prime minister is a man, he should meet and talk with us," said Mr Veera."He has no excuse to say that he does not know about this."
Mr Veera also asked for a consensus from the protesters to send a group of Red Shirts to negotiate with police and army personnel at Government House to withdraw from the compound by 6pm Saturday.
"No matter how long it will takes (for the troop withdrawal), we will not invade the Government House compound," Mr Veera asserted. "We will hold talk only around Government House. We believe that police and soldiers posted there will co-operate."
Army personnel in eight high-risk locations left their assigned posts to return to their barracks to avoid confrontation on Sunday as Red Shirt protesters marched to a number of temples, several institutes of higher education, and the zoo, where contingents of troops were stationed to provide security.
Metropolitan Police spokesman Maj-Gen Piya Uthayo said that 30 companies of police will replace the army units who withdrew from the areas earlier in the day.
Mr Suthep said earlier that he did not order the troop to move anywhere and that their positions at at the important posts would remain unchanged. The troop moved in accordance with the Red Shirt demand just to follow the government intention to avoid confrontation with the protesters.
CAPO spokesman Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd said the troops would not withdraw from Government House, and that increasingly tough measures would be applied if necessary to prevent any intrusion into the compound. (TNA)
