Sunday's anti-gov't meeting under watch: Paradorn

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2013
Sunday's anti-gov't meeting under watch: Paradorn

The security authorities will on Sunday keep a close watch on the outcome of the anti-government meeting, National Security Council secretary general Paradorn Pattanatabut said on Friday.

Green Group coordinator Suriyasai Katasila is slated to chair the meeting aimed at combining the street protests organised by various groups, he said.
Meanwhile, Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has underestimated the anti-amnesty sentiment and this might lead to a new round of fighting.
Thaksin viewed amnesty as a tool to reset the political situation but his push to revoke the majority rule would, in fact, cause a repeat of political turbulence, he said.
Abhisit was commenting on news reports that Thaksin had instructed Pheu Thai MPs to vote for the passage of the revised amnesty bill.