Yellow-shirt rally, plough ceremony in clash of dates
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Hundreds of yellow shirt protesters, gathering since Tuesday at Sanam Luang to give moral support to Constitutional Court judges and opposing the Preah Vihear court case, are refusing to clear the site.
They claim presence won’t conflict with the May 13 Ceremony of the Plough at Sanam Luang.
Leader Chaiwat Sinsuwong said his group had considered a police request but resolved to stay until Yingluck Shinawatra was ousted. He said he expected 100,000 protesters this weekend.
The ploughing ceremony on May 13 is for farmers, many of whom support protesters in Chaiwat’s group. They would not be able to leave the rally site and would join in the ceremony. However, the group says it would adjust the protest to open ways for the ceremony.
“We will stay until the government goes. Once it does, we go home. Our protest will not move to the Constitutional Court as we respect other people’s rights. If we go there, a clash [with the red shirts and others] would happen and that would be as some people want. [They are looking for] riots and a military coup. So we will stay here to confirm our stance,” he said.
