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BANGKOK, June 2 Asia Pulse - Anti-government activists of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) continued their protest in central Bangkok for an eighth day Sunday and stood firm on their decision not to move to another location as demanded by Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
The PAD members and supporters now encamped in front of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) building have demanded the ouster of the Samak administration which came into power on February 6 following last December's general election, and stood firm to continue their rally at the present site, said Maj-Gen. Chamlong Srimuang, a former Bangkok governor and a core leader of the PAD.
Charging that Mr Samak has lost credibility and could no longer be trusted, retired Maj-Gen. Chamlong said Mr Samak should not have raised the demonstration issue as causing traffic jams and affecting economy as reasons for dispersing the demonstrators. It is the duty of the police to solve traffic problems and people already know that the rally is being held in the area, he said.
On complaints of a sluggish economy, the PAD believes it is the government's fault because it has focused only on amending the constitution, said ...
Source: HighBeam Research, ANTI-GOVT COALITION WON'T MOVE RALLY SITE AS DEMANDED BY THAI PM.