Pitak Siam boss vows anti-govt mega-rally
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Pitak Siam group chief General Boonlert Kaewprasit yesterday vowed to mobilise up to 1 million supporters nationwide to join an anti-government rally on November 24.
Speaking at the Nang Lerng horseracing track, Boonlert said he called a meeting of 100 repre?sentatives of networks nationwide to discuss a mega-rally to be held for two days and one night on November 24. The meeting was joined by former National Assembly member Prasong Soonsiri.
The group discussed the government’s failures before announcing its declaration to call a major rally in a final attempt to oust it.
Boonlert denied that the group’s rally had any?thing to do with the planned censure motion. He said the government should not link the rally with the censure debate.
Democrat Party spokesman Chavanond Intarakomalyasut said the government must be held responsible if there is a clash between pro- and anti-government rallies. He was referring to a move by General Chaiyasit Shinawatra to lead led some 40 Pre-Cadet Academy graduates to oppose the Pitak Siam group rally.
He said Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra had options for solving the country’s problems, but she had closed all channels and avoided answering questions in the House.
Pheu Thai Party deputy spokesman Jirayu Huangsab said a poll conducted by the party showed that people were willing to rally against the Pitak Siam group. However, the party does not believe it is a good idea, as rallies of two opposing sides may contribute to clashes, which the military could then cite as grounds for staging a coup.
Meanwhile, Noppadon Pattama, fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s legal adviser, denied the Democrats’ claim that Thaksin visited Myanmar to discuss business investments in Dawei with Myanmar President General Thein Sein.
He said Thaksin had travelled from Singapore to an African country.
