Attracting them was the speech of Democrat secretary general Suthep Thaugsuban.
To the audience, Suthep said that he does not believe that the government would end the push for the amnesty bill. He said that after Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was on TV, pleading all to believe her and stop the protests.
"If people believed that the government has retreated, there would have been a small number of protesters now," he said.