No talks if rally continues
The government rules out negotiations with the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) until it ends its rally, after protesters agreed in the morning to urgent talks mediated by the senate speaker. (Photo by Jetjaras Na Ranong)
Published: 18/05/2010
Bangkok Post
Thirty-six people have been killed, 284 wounded in clashes between protesters and troops since Friday, Erawan emergency unit said on Tuesday.
Of the wounded, 98 remain at hospitals, with 15 people being treated at the intensive care units.
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Reds to disperse if troops leave
* Published: 18/05/2010 at 06:24 PM
* Online news: Breakingnews
Red-shirts will not disperse from the rally site until troops are withdrawn, United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) leader Jatuporn Prompan said on Tuesday evening.
Soldiers have to pull back first because protesters are not ready to be killed by troops, he said.
He spoke after PM's Office Minister Sathit Wongnongtoey announced in a televised statement that negotiations with the UDD will not happen until it ends its rally.
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Govt: Talks only after rally ends
Published: 18/05/2010
Bangkok Post
The government will hold talks with the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship only after it ends its protest rally, PM's Office Minister Sathit Wongnongtoey announced in a televised statement at the Centre for the Resolution of Emergency Situation (CRES) on Tuesday.
He was responding to the UDD's acceptance of Senate Speaker Prasopsuk Boondej's offer to mediate talks with the government.
The acceptance of Mr Prasopsuk's as mediator was announced by UDD co-leader Nathawut Saikua on Tuesday.
Mr Sathit said the government had all along adhered to the line of solving political conflict through negotiation. However, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's reconciliation plan had been rejected by the UDD, apparently on directions from abroad by a "manipulator".
He said the government attached importance to the senate speaker's offer to mediate talks and the prime minister had called Mr Prasopsuk to thank him and explain the government's standpoint - that the government will negotiate only after the UDD has ended its rally.
Mr Prasopsuk had acknowledged this standpoint, Mr Sathit said.
The government and CRES wanted to return peace to society and minimise losses, but the situation had become more serious, with considerable impacts, and the only way of solving the problem was to end the rally so that terrorists would not be able to use the protests as a pretext to act against the authorities.
Acting government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said the government would continue with its operation to force an end to the rally.
Mr Prasopsuk said he would send three senate representatives to discuss this matter with UDD leaders this evening.
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Hereby, chief Abhisit Vejjajiva, what the hidden book of the Angkorians of Krong Tep said about it: If in 3 days and 4 days the warriors do not lower their swords and stop threatening the tribes of the rice fields, the rice will stop to come to your golden plate and the channels will become red for 30 Mays. If in 5 and 6 days there is not a big gathering of all heads of the tribes of the high and flat in the Lanna Kingdom, division of the Thai tribes will be for 50 Mays. Kali Sovan
That's a great prediction. Now the red shirt leaders have surrendered and the rally site dispersed, what will happen next? Please answer this question, Mr. Kali Sovan.
The snake is born, the serpent of loneliness and the decline of the old warrior's final. Oh your old friends, dancing in your streets. How far now, how indifferent to your sorrow. Three days you still have your fortune in your hands. Three days over and May will enter into your history, as it is written in the old book of Angkor. Incense! Kali Sovan.
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