Faustian Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 More protests, more internal security act....I'm having a deja vue moment. Getting very very bored with this shit...I wonder how far the red shirted idiots will push it this time....? I guess they need to provoke quite a response after their previous failures..... http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/08/26/politics/politics_30110681.php ANTI-GOVT RALLY Tough measures await red shirts Published on August 26, 2009 Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva plans to impose stringent measures under the Internal Security Act from Saturday to Tuesday in order to safeguard se-curity within Bangkok following |the red-shirt protesters' threat to stage a rally to bring down the government. Abhisit said he would appoint Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban to be in charge of the enforcement of the internal-security law. The core leaders of the red shirts have vowed to stage an anti-government rally on Sunday at the Royal Plaza. The government has estimated several tens of thousands will likely participate. Abhisit said unlike an emer-|gency decree, the enforcement of |the Internal Security Act was aimed at pre-empting any violence. An emergency decree is normally invoked after violence has taken place. The enforcement of this law, in which the police and the military authorities as well as top policy-makers from the government will work as a team, will be limited to Dusit district, where the rally is expected to take place. "Although the protesters have said the rally will not be violent like during Songkran, we cannot remain complacent. A 'third party' might step in to take advantage of the situation. Accidents can happen," said Abhisit. He insisted the government respected the right to stage a demonstration, but it also had a duty to ensure law and order. TURMOIL FEARS Abhisit is afraid the red shirts' rally, staged in support of ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his return to Thailand, might damage confidence at a time when the economy is improving and expected to register positive growth in the fourth quarter. PM's Office Minister Satit Wongnongtaey said the rally was aimed at creating political turmoil leading to a sudden change in government. "Some members of the red shirts do not want the same kind of violence as in April to happen again. But other members would like to resort to violence to bring about a sudden change in government," he said. Satit said while the red shirts had the right to stage a demonstration and exercise free speech, if they were to shut down traffic or create violence, that would be a different matter. "They [some elements of the |anti-government movement] want to create violence and then lay the blame on the government, so that |it loses its legitimacy to continue to run the country," said Panithan Wattanayagorn, acting government spokesman. During yesterday's Cabinet |discussion of the Internal Security Act, Chumpol Silapa-archa, the tourism and sports minister, asked the prime minister whether en-|forcing this tough law would af-|fect confidence in the tourism industry. "I don't know, because I do not belong to the red-shirt group. But if there is a threat of an unusual situation, we must step in to manage things," Abhisit replied. Chumpol also asked whether the government planned to invoke the Internal Security Act but not actually enforce it. Abhisit replied: "Once we have declared the Internal Security Act, we have to implement it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 Anyone like me lost business because yellows closed down parliament and blockaded MinEd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiHome Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 I just wonder if the Army is going to be able to restrain itself as well as it did over Songkran, or will Police come and start killing and maiming people with tear gas grendades like they did in October, which is more typical of how protests are handled. TH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 how they would act if the people would wear Yellow...?... remember last year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carew66 Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 It's when they're all wearing black that I'm going to start worrying, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 It's when they're all wearing black that I'm going to start worrying, eh? oh yes, agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 Will this crap ever stop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 Will this crap ever stop? not before some people have their large new piece of cake... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiHome Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 how they would act if the people would wear Yellow...?... remember last year... You mean like this? vk-Vnt6nxp8&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted August 26, 2009 Report Share Posted August 26, 2009 i mean this: Thai Yellow Protesters Shoot At Rivals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5G3B_9nYLw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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