Suthep declares December 1 as "People's Victory Day"

[Lite Beer]

POLITICS
Suthep declares December 1 as "People's Victory Day"

BANGKOK: -- Suthep Thaugsuban, leader of the protesting Civil Movement for Democracy, declared Sunday (Dec 1) the "People's Victory Day" when protesters would completely occupy key ministries, including Government House.

Speaking at a raised platform at the Government Complex before thousands of cheering crowds, Suthep said that all state agencies at the Government Complex in Nonthaburi would be occupied from tonight. And he told government officials working there to stop working from Monday until further notice from the protest group.

Only officials from Administrative Court, Constitutional Court and the Thai Armed Forces would be allowed to enter the complex, Suthep said.

"The force of the people will take control of this Government Complex, as well as [the nearby] CAT Telecom and TOT Plc," he said, adding that workers from both telecom firms also would help the protesters take control of their premises.

According to Suthep, the state agencies to be occupied are Government House, Royal Thai Police headquarters, Metropolitan Police Bureau, ministries of Education, Interior, Commerce and Foreign Affaris, Dusit Zoo, Public Relations Department, and Labour Ministry, where the government's Centre for Administration of Peace and Order is located.

He said many policemen are stationed at Education Ministry and Dusit Zoo.

Suthep told employees of state enterprises to stop working from Monday, except the firms that involve public services, such as Thai Airways and Bangkok Metropolitan Mass Transit, State Railway of Thailand.

He also asked protesters in the province to occupy provincial halls throughout the country, as part of the effort to "uproot the Thaksin regime".

The protest leader also announced formation of a new group called People's Committee for Changes of Thailand into Complete Democracy under Constitutional Monarchy. Suthep serves as secretary-general of the new group.

The Government Complex, which has been occupied by the anti-government protesters, would be used as the command centre for the new group, he said.

Suthep introduced the 37 committee members one by one to the protesters


-- The Nation 2013-11-29


UPDATE:
Suthep set to paralyse govt
The Nation
November 30

BANGKOK: -- Plans to seize government house, ministries, key agencies like royal Thai police headquarters, CAT and TOT offices; yingluck readies 'war room', to counter protest with publicity updates

Suthep Thaugsuban, leader of the Civil Movement for Democracy, declared last night that tomorrow would be the "day of people's victory" when protesters plan to occupy key ministries, including Government House.

Speaking at a makeshift stage at the Government Complex, Suthep told thousands of protesters that all state agencies at the complex in Nonthaburi would be occupied from last night. He also called on all officials there to stop working until further notice.

Only officials from the Administrative Court, Constitutional Court and the Thai Armed Forces would be allowed to enter the complex, he said.

"The force of the people will take control of this complex, as well as [the nearby] CAT Telecom and TOT Plc," he announced, adding that workers from both telecom firms would help them take control of these premises.

Agencies his group would occupy were Government House, Royal Thai Police headquarters, the Metropolitan Police Bureau, Education Ministry, Dusit Zoo, Interior Ministry, Commerce Ministry, Foreign Ministry, Public Relations Department and the Labour Ministry, where the government's Centre for Administration of Peace and Order is located.

He said many policemen were already stationed at the Education Ministry and Dusit Zoo.

Suthep called on employees of state enterprises to stop working from Monday, other than those at firms that involve public services, such as Thai Airways and the Bangkok Metropolitan Mass Transit.

He also asked protesters in the provinces to occupy city halls as part of the effort to "uproot the Thaksin regime".

The former Democrat MP also announced the formation of a new group called People's Committee for Changing Thailand into Complete Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy. Suthep will serve as secretary-general of the new group and said the Government Complex would be used as its command centre.

He then introduced all 37 committee members one by one on stage. The panel is comprised of leading figures from allied groups, including academics, businesspeople, former yellow-shirt leaders, leaders of labour unions from state enterprises and political activists.

These include Prof Sombat Thamrongthanyawong, Somsak Kosaisuk, Suriyasai Katasila, Chaiwat Sinsuwong, Nitithorn Lamlua, Uthai Yodmanee, Samdin Lertbutr, Chai Suwannaphap, Pichet Pattananachot, Somkiat Pongpaiboon, Sawit Kaewwan and Sonthaya Chuenruthainaitham.

Meanwhile, the Royal Thai Army announced yesterday that it belonged to the King and the people. Commander-in-chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha issued the statement as anti-government demonstrators tried to break into the Army headquarters yesterday.

In the statement, read by Army deputy spokesman Winthai Suvaree, Prayuth said: "To the Army, all people are Thai. Please don't cause any divisions and don't try to make the Army take sides."

The statement went on to say the Army was proceeding in line with His Majesty's statement that was delivered in 1992, when the country was at the height of another political crisis.

Earlier, the embattled ruling coalition countered anti-government protesters by setting up a "war room" to spread information from its side yesterday, as media outlets become increasingly dominated by news of the street rallies.

Ready for PR battle

The "war room" will monitor and assess the latest developments in the protests, said government spokesman Teerat Ratanasevi.

A media centre has also been set up at Government House to give updates in Thai and English three to four times a day.

Both the 'war room' and the media centre became operational yesterday, he said, adding that they were separate from the police Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order, which is in charge of administering the Internal Security Act during the current turbulence.

Teerat said the frequency and number of channels for the

dissemination of information would be increased.

The media centre will explain the latest situation to the public, he said. In addition to the government spokesman's team, there will be personnel from agencies such as the Foreign Affairs Ministry, and security agencies.

"Certain Cabinet members or even the prime minister may also be present if there is an urgent issue," he added.

Defence Ministry permanent secretary General Nipat Thonglek joined the war room's first press conference at Government House yesterday. He said the military disagreed with the protesters' occupation and sieges at many government offices.

The government and the armed forces want to see talks between both sides, following almost a month of street protests, he stressed.

A number of other senior government officials were also present at the press conference.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra would not dissolve the House, according to a source from the ruling Pheu Thai Party.

The source said party leaders had agreed there would be an immediate political deadlock if she were to dissolve Parliament soon.

They fear three factors that would affect Pheu Thai in the event of an early dissolution: members of the new Election Commission have not yet been endorsed by His Majesty the King; the Democrat Party may boycott a general election, as it did in early 2006; and Pheu Thai's popularity has fallen due to its backing of the controversial amnesty bill.

"We have rejected several parties' demands for a House dissolution. The party's urgent strategy is to create fear among the public that the anti-government protests are violating the law," the source said.

"We are focused on communicating with the people to attack [former Democrat MP] Suthep Thaugsuban's group heavily via social media. We will post photos and audio of him encouraging protesters to commit illegal acts. We hope it can block some people from joining the rallies," the source added.

Pheu Thai Party issued a statement in support of the prime minister yesterday and the idea of talks to resolve the political crisis peacefully. It thanked the United Nations and countries that had supported the proposal for talks.

However, the party insisted it could not accept the ruling of the Constitutional Court that the charter amendment pushed by the majority of parliamentarians to amend the Senate's election rules was unconstitutional.

The party called on protesters to leave government agencies, and said their demand to set up a "People's Council" to lead the country would not be possible under the current Constitution.

Pheu Thai also said the Democrats, which has key members currently leading the anti-government protests, had acted illegally.


-- The Nation 2013-11-30

[bigbamboo]

So tomorrow is People's Victory Day Eve then?

Edited November 29, 2013 by bigbamboo

[up-country_sinclair]

I think he realizes that if this is going to happen, he's got to get it done by Wednesday.

Edited November 29, 2013 by up-country_sinclair

[DocN]

This guy is not one bit less dangerous, than the red criminals of 2010!

...and that shows, that the people who follow him are as "stupid" as the ones who cheered on Jatuporn!

[ratcatcher]

So tomorrow is People's Victory Day Eve then?

Indeed. Let's hope they've got the last movement of the 1812 Overture and a suitable fireworks display for the victory celebrations on Sunday night........................ but then again TIT.

Edited November 29, 2013 by ratcatcher

[HyperRai]

I think he realizes that if this is going to happen, he's got to get it done by Wednesday.

Yep, the time is with YS.

[lemoncake]

So tomorrow is People's Victory Day Eve then?

Tomorrow is the 30th

Ohhh, you edited, the Eve bit

Edited November 29, 2013 by lemoncake

[pxlgirl]

apropos "V for Vendetta"... a few months ago, I saw some pics of yellow shirt folks wearing the masks, which as we know are associated with Anonymous. I wonder if they knew what they were doing?

[ratcatcher]

This guy is not one bit less dangerous, than the red criminals of 2010!

...and that shows, that the people who follow him are as "stupid" as the ones who cheered on Jatuporn!

I disagree. The people who cheered Jatuporn believed what he was doing was the right thing. That was their democratic right.

The same way these protesters have the democratic right to protest the Thaksin/Yingluck government.

[JoeThePoster]

I fully agree with Suthep occupying Dusit zoo.

[lemoncake]

This guy is not one bit less dangerous, than the red criminals of 2010!

...and that shows, that the people who follow him are as "stupid" as the ones who cheered on Jatuporn!

Not necessarily true, unlike the red shirts in 2010, he is only "occupying" government buildings, ie making government non functional

He does not order to occupy public road, shopping malls and does not order to burn it or fight the police.

In fact, i believe he is playing a very wise but dangerous game.

Lets look at it this way, if Yingluck orders to disperse the protesters, and anyone is killed or injured and rest assured many would be, she must be charged.

If she sits around and does nothing, and government is not functioning, she and PTP loose again.

Keep in mind, today when they entered army headquarters, they only entered the front gates, they did not enter the building

I also find it somewhat interesting that army allowed for that to happen and has not acted, there might be more in the background than meets the eye.

[Varangkul]

So tomorrow is People's Victory Day Eve then?

Tomorrow is the 30th

BINGO! What bait did you use, BBB?

[Rob8891]

This guy is not one bit less dangerous, than the red criminals of 2010!

...and that shows, that the people who follow him are as "stupid" as the ones who cheered on Jatuporn!

I am not sure how one can equate people who exhort crowds to "burn Bangkok" with someone who insists on non-violent protest.

Neither side is pure as the driven snow, but the wanton destruction that occurred in 2010 at their leader's behest was far in excess of what we are seeing. I hope I don't say this prematurely, but the evidence to date suggests that the criminal acts od 2010 far outweigh the criminal acts that have been reported in the current demonstration.

[edwardandtubs]

The protest leader also announced formation of a new group called People's Committee for Changes of Thailand into Complete Democracy under Constitutional Monarchy.

Catchy.

[lemoncake]

So tomorrow is People's Victory Day Eve then?

Tomorrow is the 30th

BINGO! What bait did you use, BBB?

Sorry i do not speak bbbglish, please translate

[ratcatcher]

apropos "V for Vendetta"... a few months ago, I saw some pics of yellow shirt folks wearing the masks, which as we know are associated with Anonymous. I wonder if they knew what they were doing?

Since you seem to be familiar with the story, perhaps you can see a similarity between what Adam Sutler had created and what Thaksin Shinawatra might create, given the chance.

After all: "Democracy is a good and beautiful thing, but it's not the ultimate goal as far as administering the country is concerned," he said. "Democracy is just a tool, not our goal. The goal is to give people a good lifestyle, happiness and national progress."

[PeterSmiles]

So tomorrow is People's Victory Day Eve then?

Tomorrow is the 30th

Pssst, the 30th is the last day of the month November. The next day is the 1st of December.

Write it down somewhere that you never forget it again.

[lemoncake]

So tomorrow is People's Victory Day Eve then?

Tomorrow is the 30th

Pssst, the 30th is the last day of the month November. The next day is the 1st of December.

Write it down somewhere that you never forget it again.

Lol, bigbamboo added the eve and i missed it

[gerry1011]

I fully agree with Suthep occupying Dusit zoo.

He is going to scare the other monkeys

Sent from my iPhone...

[gerry1011]

I fully agree with Suthep occupying Dusit zoo.

He is going to scare the other monkeys

Sent from my iPhone...

[Emptyset]

This guy is not one bit less dangerous, than the red criminals of 2010!

...and that shows, that the people who follow him are as "stupid" as the ones who cheered on Jatuporn!

I am not sure how one can equate people who exhort crowds to "burn Bangkok" with someone who insists on non-violent protest.

Neither side is pure as the driven snow, but the wanton destruction that occurred in 2010 at their leader's behest was far in excess of what we are seeing. I hope I don't say this prematurely, but the evidence to date suggests that the criminal acts od 2010 far outweigh the criminal acts that have been reported in the current demonstration.

Jatuporn didn't exort crowds to burn Bangkok. In fact he also claimed he was a man of peace! Remember his Gandhi t-shirt! He did say if red shirts become 'nervous' the shopping malls could get trashed though. And look what happened! He's not always wrong. Anyway, I don't get this insistence on the peacefulness of these protesters. Sure, they're peaceful while they face no resistance. Whilst they're allowed to do pretty much what they like. The red shirts were also peaceful for almost a month.

Let's see if the police actually step up and try to prevent this 'People's Coup'. If Suthep's folk sit on the floor, hand in hand, singing Kumbaya whilst the police try to drag them away, then I'll believe they're a peaceful movement. And I for one, shall take my hat off to Suthep, despite not believing in what he's doing.

[millwall_fan]

Have any readers noticed the striking resemblance between the speeches of Mr. Suthep and equally rousing (and worrying) speeches by the late Fuhrer: Adolf Hitler? I wonder if perchance, they are related?

[skills32]

Well I reckon Suthep has shirt fronted the red shirts.

I wonder if the red shirt movement has any steam left, and what they will do.

[ratcatcher]

So tomorrow is People's Victory Day Eve then?

Tomorrow is the 30th

Pssst, the 30th is the last day of the month November. The next day is the 1st of December.

Write it down somewhere that you never forget it again.

Perhaps bigbamboo had it correct.

After all Nov 30th is the eve before Dec 1st ,just as Christmas eve is on Dec 24th . Clearer now?

[PeterSmiles]

I fully agree with Suthep occupying Dusit zoo.

He is going to scare the other monkeys

Sent from my iPhone...

I didn't see any report that the UDD leaders are staying there as well

[casindonet]

This guy is not one bit less dangerous, than the red criminals of 2010!

...and that shows, that the people who follow him are as "stupid" as the ones who cheered on Jatuporn!

Not necessarily true, unlike the red shirts in 2010, he is only "occupying" government buildings, ie making government non functional

He does not order to occupy public road, shopping malls and does not order to burn it or fight the police.

In fact, i believe he is playing a very wise but dangerous game.

Lets look at it this way, if Yingluck orders to disperse the protesters, and anyone is killed or injured and rest assured many would be, she must be charged.

If she sits around and does nothing, and government is not functioning, she and PTP loose again.

Keep in mind, today when they entered army headquarters, they only entered the front gates, they did not enter the building

I also find it somewhat interesting that army allowed for that to happen and has not acted, there might be more in the background than meets the eye.

That's the max they could do to the army....anything more than that would piss off the army & that is something nobody wants to do.

[millwall_fan]

Well I reckon Suthep has shirt fronted the red shirts.

I wonder if the red shirt movement has any steam left, and what they will do.

Wait until after the rice is harvested and then you'll find out.

[PeterSmiles]

So tomorrow is People's Victory Day Eve then?

Tomorrow is the 30th

Pssst, the 30th is the last day of the month November. The next day is the 1st of December.

Write it down somewhere that you never forget it again.

Perhaps bigbamboo had it correct.

After all Nov 30th is the eve before Dec 1st ,just as Christmas eve is on Dec 24th . Clearer now?

It seems that it wasn't clear to you that I was exactly saying that.

Even Lemoncake got it, and that mean something.

[lemoncake]

This guy is not one bit less dangerous, than the red criminals of 2010!

...and that shows, that the people who follow him are as "stupid" as the ones who cheered on Jatuporn!

Not necessarily true, unlike the red shirts in 2010, he is only "occupying" government buildings, ie making government non functional

He does not order to occupy public road, shopping malls and does not order to burn it or fight the police.

In fact, i believe he is playing a very wise but dangerous game.

Lets look at it this way, if Yingluck orders to disperse the protesters, and anyone is killed or injured and rest assured many would be, she must be charged.

If she sits around and does nothing, and government is not functioning, she and PTP loose again.

Keep in mind, today when they entered army headquarters, they only entered the front gates, they did not enter the building

I also find it somewhat interesting that army allowed for that to happen and has not acted, there might be more in the background than meets the eye.

That's the max they could do to the army....anything more than that would piss off the army & that is something nobody wants to do.

Agree, but even dare to enter army HQ is already enough of a dare, and for army not to act. so again, i think there is more to it

[ratcatcher]

Have any readers noticed the striking resemblance between the speeches of Mr. Suthep and equally rousing (and worrying) speeches by the late Fuhrer: Adolf Hitler? I wonder if perchance, they are related?

You have a seriously warped idea of history if you can see a similarity between the two.

Adolf Hitler advocated mass murder and eradication of Jews, gypsies, homosexuals and Slavs among many others.

Suthep may sound a bit agitated but no one has died, *due to the demonstrations, in the whole time Bangkok has been watching these demonstrations, and hopefully no-one will be.

*edited to add

Edited November 29, 2013 by ratcatcher