Bangkok: Anti-government protesters in Thailand will continue to put more pressure on Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva by sending groups of Red Shirt protesters to follow him everywhere he goes, until he bows to the UDD demand to dissolve Parliament, UDD core leader Natthawut Saikua said.
Natthawut said starting from today, a rapid response group of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) activists with some 10,000 members, will follow the premier to everywhere he goes, no matter whether he is working in Bangkok or the provinces.
He said the mission of the unit is not to obstruct Abhisit from doing his official duties, but only to pressure him to dissolve Parliament and to call for fresh elections.
If the prime minister continues to use the 11th Infantry Regiment in Bangkhen as his primary workplace, the Red Shirts will consider that he lacks potential to work as prime minister, said the UDD leader.
Natthawut said that the Red Shirts will also apply another strategy, by pitching their own tents next to the military tents which were set up around the protest site to show that if the soldiers want to search for arms, the Red Shirt must be vigilant against soldiers who may have arms.
He also warned that if the signal of its television network, People Channel TV, is blocked or disrupted by the government, more protesters would flood onto the streets of Bangkok.
PTI
First Published: Monday, March 22, 2010, 14:21