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Now they are complaining....again....

 

INTERNAL SECURITY ACT

Red shirts to file complaint with Administrative Court

 

Leaders of pro-Thaksin protesters will file a complaint with the Central Administrative Court on Thursday against the imposing of the internal security laws by Abhisit government.

 

 

Veera Musikapong, Nattawut Saikua and Jatuporn Prompan also confirmed that their planned mass rally will take place on Sunday at the Royal Plaza on Bangkok's Rajdamnoen Nok Road.

 

The law which imposed in Dusit district from Saturday to Monday prohibit the gathering during the period.

 

Jatuporn, also a member of parliament of the opposition Puea Thai Party, said his group will submit the complaint asking the court to order a temporary injunction for the group from the ISA enforcement which they deem as unlawful.

 

Veera said, "We disagree with the enforcement of ISA. We have the right to protest. We are not making a move which will destroy the country's economy as claimed by the government."

 

The law is aimed at maintaining law and order as he had been informed that some third parties may create disorder during this weekend's Red Shirt rally.

 

Veera said the red shirts will gather from 1pm and will disperse sometime after midnight.

 

He also pledged the rally will be peaceful, without weapons, and will not be prolonged.

 

Thaksin will not phone in to talk to the protesters as usual.

 

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More evidence of the deep divide....Bangkokians support the act, the red shirts complain about it....and so it goes on....

 

Most Bangkokians support security law : Poll

 

Nearly 80 per cent of Bangkokians supported the government's plan to impose the internal security law in Dusit district during this weekend when pro-Thaksin protesters planned to rally against the Abhisit government, according to Suan Dusit poll.

 

 

The poll was conducted on 1,078 Bangkok residents Tuesday and Wednesday.

 

The poll revealed 76 per cent supported the Cabinet's imposition of the Internal Security Act, saying the measures would prevent possible acts of incitement to violence and protect Government House and other government offices in the area as well as maintain law and order during the red-shirt rally.

 

Around 15 per cent felt indifferent to the law, hoping chaos might not occur, so that imposing the ISA was overreaction on the government's part.

 

Meanwhile, 9 per cent of respondents disagreed with the enforcement, saying that the red shirts have the right to stage a peaceful protest and that the heavy duty security may incite them and create tension.

 

Some 29 per cent thought that the security officers should negotiate and compromise with the protesters to was the proper means to solve the tension while 23 per cent would apply law and order to deal with the demonstration and the situation.

 

Meanwhile, nearly 9 per cent would allow the police to take action, control and monitor the gathering without intervention.

 

Nearly 8 per cent would give rights and freedoms to people to stage a protest under the law.

 

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THE NATION

27 Aug 2009

 

 

Red Shirts do not condone Jakrapob splinter group

 

 

 

The Red Shirts do not agree with the communist-leaning strategy adopted by fugitive suspect Jakrapob Penkair, Red Shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan said on Thursday.

 

Jatuporn confirmed the Red Shirts had severed ties with the Jakrapob-led splinter group.

 

"We want democracy under the King as head of state; therefore, our activities are limited to attack Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda or lower figures to prevent an escalating fight trangressing the constitutional monarchy," he said.

 

Jatuporn said Jakrapob's ally Surachai Danwattananusorn was an ex-communist prone to violent struggle.

 

Jakrapob and Surachai have formed the splinter group called Red Siam, detaching themselves from the mainstream Red Shirt movement.

 

On Tuesday, Jakrapob published a article reprimanding Red Shirt leaders for misleading the movement by harbouring false hope on the pardon petition.

 

He said the leaders were acting as if they do not have a true understanding of their fight against "Ammat" (bureaucratic polity), which entails more important figures than just Prem.

 

Jaturporn countered that the Red Shirts had drawn the line in their fight, hinting Jakrapob splinter's group wanted to do away with the constitutional monarchy.

 

Jakrapob had no justification to attack former fellow activists, he said.

 

If Jakrapob wanted to leave the Red Shirts, he was free to do so, but he should not have tried to burn down his former home, he said.

 

He voiced suspicion that certain elements within the Pheu Thai Party had secretly supported Jakrapob in a two-faced stragtegy to reap benefits no matter which faction emerged a winner.

 

Jatuporn reminded Jakrapob that Red Shirt co-leaders were the only ones who remained by his side when he faced a lese majeste charge.

 

He also revealed that Jakrapob had abandoned the Red Shirts and fled to an undisclosed location even before the state of emergency was declared during the Songkran mayhem.

 

"Individuals like Jakrapob and Surachai are living in the past without realising that the communist ideology is no longer applicable to the modern world," he said.

 

Reacting to Jatuporn's remarks, Surachai said the Red Shirts and the splinter group shared the same goal despite of having differences about tactical means.

 

Red Siam and the Red Shirts led by three co-leaders will have to prove which is more determined to win and which will fall by the wayside, he said.

 

 

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