KÄLLA: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/14315/thaksin-sets-rally-deadline
Thaksin sets rally deadline
By: AEKARACH SATTABURUTH
Published: 1/04/2009 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: News
Anti-government forces will end their rally outside Government House before Songkran, a Puea Thai member says. The source, a member of Puea Thai’s strategy team, said former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra wanted the rally to succeed in its aim to oust the Abhisit administration before Songkran, the Thai new year, begins on April 13.
Thaksin has called for protesters to pour in from every province to join the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship protest in Bangkok.
A mobile rally strategy would be adopted to pressure the parliament into a dissolution, the strategist said.
He said the strategy team had reported to Thaksin that the UDD rally had the support of the public. More people were joining the protest.
The team suggested that the rally end before the Songkran holiday as the number of people joining could drop considerably during that time. That would leave the UDD having to work harder.
They suggested that some of the 111 former executives of the dissolved Thai Rak Thai party give speeches on the UDD stage to maintain the protesters’ enthusiasm. Thaksin on Monday duly called on former TRT executives to join the rally, the strategist said.
Puea Thai spokesman Prompong Nopparit yesterday said he had been tipped off about unusual movements by the 2nd Cavalry Division in the Sanam Pao area and the Anti-aircraft Artillery Division in the Kiak Kai area in Bangkok.
Mr Prompong claimed the movements were a sign the military was preparing to use force against protesters near Government House.
.
.