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Red-shirt Protestors In Thailand
By KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
March 15, 2010: Tens of thousands of supporters of the ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra wearing red shirts have rallied in Bangkok demanding Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva call fresh polls by Monday, March 15, 2010 and vowed to demonstrate across the capital if he refuses to do so according to the BBC news. The military with the ascent of the king had ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in 2006. Many of the protesters have come to the capital from Mr. Thaksin's power base in the rural north of Thailand. The BBC's Rachel Harvey at the demonstration says about 100,000 protesters are rallying there. Red shirt organizers said hundreds of thousands would come. Many were gathered in front of a stage in central Bangkok on Sunday to hear their leaders make the demands.
One of the opposition leaders, Veera Musikapong told cheering crowds, "Reds over the land call on the government to return power to the people and to dissolve the house immediately. We will hold out here and wait for an answer within 24 hours."
Another protest leader Nattawut Saikua said that people would step up the campaign and march throughout Bangkok if the government does not comply.
The protesters led by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) say that Prime Minister Abhisit has come to power illegitimately with the backing of the military and the Bangkok-based elites.
