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Red Shirt leaders vow to stay put until Deputy PM surrenders to police
BANGKOK, May 11 (TNA) - Red Shirt leaders on Tuesday resolved to continue protesting at Bangkok’s prime commercial area in Ratchaprasong until Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban surrenders to police to face charges for his role in the deadly April 10 crackdown, according to a top Red Shirt leader.
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“We cannot accept that Mr Suthep has been formally charged as the case is yet to be approved by the DSI (Department of Special Investigation) Board of Special Cases,” Mr Nattawut asserted, “therefore Mr Suthep has only signed his name to acknowledge the complaint, not as a person who is being formally charged.”
The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) and its supporters will not fold their tents and go home until Mr Suthep surrenders to police and entered the judicial process, he said.
Mr Nattawut announced the UDD leaders’ common position at the Ratchaprasong protest site in the evening, hours after Mr Suthep reported to the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to acknowledge a complaint brought against him in connection with the April 10 clashes in Bangkok which left 25 people dead and almost 1,000 injured.
Jatuporn Prompan, another UDD leader, demanded Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva call an urgent meeting of the DSI Board of Special Cases so that a summons could be issued against Mr Suthep on Wednesday before proceeding with judicial procedures.
Once Mr Suthep surrenders to the police, the security forces will be allowed to inspect the protest site after the Reds are accused of accumulating heavy weapons, he said. Then the protesters would pack their bags and go home before the Red Shirt leaders turn themselves in to police.
Mr Jatuporn insisted that no double standards should be applied against the Red Shirt leaders.
“If Mr Suthep is granted bail, the Red Shirt leaders must be also granted bail in the similar manner,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) convened a meeting chaired by Mr Suthep in his capacity as CRES director.
A source said CRES resolved to give the Reds one more day to end their protest, otherwise security forces will apply measures to pressure the protesters to leave their protest site soonest as the new school semester is about to start next week. If the protest continue, it will severely affect on students and schools near the protest site.
Acting government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said earlier after the weekly Cabinet meeting at Government House that the prime minister wanted the Red Shirt leaders to decide as soon as possible as the delayed end of protest will also affect the new election date, as well as the process of the reconciliation plan.
Dr Panitan reiterated that the reconciliation road map can begin only when the protest ends, asserting the prime minister and deputy premier have already showed their sincerity to go through the judicial process as requested by the protest leaders. (TNA)
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“We cannot accept that Mr Suthep has been formally charged as the case is yet to be approved by the DSI (Department of Special Investigation) Board of Special Cases,” Mr Nattawut asserted, “therefore Mr Suthep has only signed his name to acknowledge the complaint, not as a person who is being formally charged.”
The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) and its supporters will not fold their tents and go home until Mr Suthep surrenders to police and entered the judicial process, he said.
Mr Nattawut announced the UDD leaders’ common position at the Ratchaprasong protest site in the evening, hours after Mr Suthep reported to the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to acknowledge a complaint brought against him in connection with the April 10 clashes in Bangkok which left 25 people dead and almost 1,000 injured.
Jatuporn Prompan, another UDD leader, demanded Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva call an urgent meeting of the DSI Board of Special Cases so that a summons could be issued against Mr Suthep on Wednesday before proceeding with judicial procedures.
Once Mr Suthep surrenders to the police, the security forces will be allowed to inspect the protest site after the Reds are accused of accumulating heavy weapons, he said. Then the protesters would pack their bags and go home before the Red Shirt leaders turn themselves in to police.
Mr Jatuporn insisted that no double standards should be applied against the Red Shirt leaders.
“If Mr Suthep is granted bail, the Red Shirt leaders must be also granted bail in the similar manner,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES) convened a meeting chaired by Mr Suthep in his capacity as CRES director.
A source said CRES resolved to give the Reds one more day to end their protest, otherwise security forces will apply measures to pressure the protesters to leave their protest site soonest as the new school semester is about to start next week. If the protest continue, it will severely affect on students and schools near the protest site.
Acting government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said earlier after the weekly Cabinet meeting at Government House that the prime minister wanted the Red Shirt leaders to decide as soon as possible as the delayed end of protest will also affect the new election date, as well as the process of the reconciliation plan.
Dr Panitan reiterated that the reconciliation road map can begin only when the protest ends, asserting the prime minister and deputy premier have already showed their sincerity to go through the judicial process as requested by the protest leaders. (TNA)
