Number of protesters decreasing after House dissolution announcement

BANGKOK, 10 December 2013 (NNT) — The number of protesters joining the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) have begun to dwindle. According to Thailand’s National Security Council Secretary, General Lt. Gen. Paradorn Pattanathabutr, demonstrators have been kept under control in order to prevent any violence from breaking out, adding that the number of PDRC protesters […]

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Thailand’s General Election scheduled for early February 2014

The government said Monday it has proposed new national elections be held on February 2 following the announcement in the morning by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra that she was dissolving the House dissolution under pressure from mass anti-government rallies. Government spokesman Teerat Ratanasevi told The AP that the date was proposed during a Cabinet meeting […]

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Red Shirts calls off Tuesday rally in Ayutthaya

The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship has called off its mass rally scheduled to take place at the provincial stadium in Ayutthaya on Tuesday to show support for the government. Mr Surachet Chaikosol, a red-shirt co-leader in Ayutthaya, said Monday that he was notified by the UDD that the planned mass rally was cancelled […]

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Rally will not end despite parliament dissolution: Anti-government protest leader Suthep

BANGKOK, 9 December 2013 (NNT) – Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban has said anti-government demonstrations will go on despite the dissolution of parliament. Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, who has been battling to oust Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, said the goal had yet to be reached, adding that dissolving of parliament was not what the demonstrators aimed […]

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