Thousands of Thai anti-government protesters march in Bangkok

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Thousands of Thai anti-government protesters march in Bangkok

BANGKOK: -- Thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets of Bangkok Saturday demanding political reforms before the next general election is held. Suthep Thaugsuban, a former deputy prime minister who now heads the People's Democratic Reform Committee, led supporters from their base at Lumpini Park in central Bangkok toward the Royal Plaza, near Parliament.

"We want to show the government that the people don't want them anymore," Suthep said. "We don't expect today's march to affect the government, but we want them to know the people have had enough."

The protests against the government of caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra began in early November to force her and her cabinet to resign, after it attempted to ram through a general amnesty that would have benefited her fugitive elder brother.

The movement's main goal is to oust what they call the "Thaksin regime," a reference to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a populist politician who has dominated Thai politics for more than a decade, including from his self-exile to avoid a prison sentence.

Suthep, a former secretary general of the opposition Democrat Party, resigned his parliament seat to lead the demonstrations in the hope of forcing reforms before any new election. Thaksin-led parties have won every general election since 2001, and would have won the snap polls held on February 2 but the voting was annulled by a Constitutional Court ruling on March 21.

That election was disrupted by protesters, rendering the outcome incomplete. A new date has not yet been set. Suthep has vowed to disrupt future polls unless his demands for reforms are first met. The PDRC, which at its peak drew hundreds of thousands in Bangkok, has seen a steady attrition of followers since violent attacks on its rallies last month that killed 12 people including four children.

Source: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_03_29/Thousands-of-Thai-anti-government-protesters-march-in-Bangkok-2463/

-- THE VOICE OF RUSSIA 2014-03-29

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Suthep expresses belief more than one million demonstrators join rally

BANGKOK: -- Suthep Thaugsuban, secretary general of the People's Democratic Reform Committee, expressed his belief Saturday that more than one million people have come out or will later join the mass rally.

He was speaking on Blue Sky Channel at 10:30 am while leading the march.


-- The Nation 2014-03-29

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RT @tulsathit: Another day of big protest. RT @cctvnews: Picture: Massive anti-got #protests break out in #Bkk. http://t.co/Vn30DyoeSK

[londonthai]

so how many thousands against 20mln voters, millions, who were prevented from voting and millions intimidated by armed and violent mob?

Edited March 29, 2014 by londonthai

[YourNemisis]

Almost 2 hours in since the front marchers took off and there are still hundreds of thousands of marchers still waiting at Lumpini to start marching.

The wife is still waiting to get into the park area let alone start in the procession.

This is going to be the biggest yet.

Nice to hear a bunch of them went to Nontaburi and booted the red terrorist out from the NACC... Lets hope they hold that area till at least Tuesday.

Edited March 29, 2014 by YourNemisis

[Mentors]

Go on with this nonsense.

The rich influence people always can leave Thailand, the ordinary people from North to East to South can't. They will suffer as always.

Edited March 29, 2014 by Mentors

[Just1Voice]

So, in a country with a population of approx 66.7million, if he is lucky to get 1 million (.015%), he thinks he speaks for the "majority" of the Thai people?

Gotta love Thai logic and "new math".

[londonthai]

so how many against 20mln voters and millions, who were prevented from voting?

You mean the 20 million of which around 50% voted NO, and the rest were a couple of million for assorted parties and 8 million buffalos for the PTP.

The ones obstructed were not PTP strongholds and I think the 2% in some provinces that turned out in the re-runs says it all really.

The real majority are speaking.

Not the 8 million MINORITY!!!!!!!!!

The other 40 MILLION VOTERS!

Well over a million on the streets, and the rest voted with their feet.

Of the 40 million in un-obstucted areas, 20 million did not even bother to vote. 10 million who did voted NO and the other 8 million who didn't get the chance to vote would be pretty much all NO votes, and not a single vote would have been PTPO anyway.

So stick that in your pipe and smoke it pal.

and your 4th post after registration. The rest posts of the posts are also on politics.

Edited March 29, 2014 by londonthai

[Dr Bruce]

so how many against 20mln voters and millions, who were prevented from voting?

You mean the 20 million of which around 50% voted NO, and the rest were a couple of million for assorted parties and 8 million buffalos for the PTP.

The ones obstructed were not PTP strongholds and I think the 2% in some provinces that turned out in the re-runs says it all really.

The real majority are speaking.

Not the 8 million MINORITY!!!!!!!!!

The other 40 MILLION VOTERS!

Well over a million on the streets, and the rest voted with their feet.

Of the 40 million in un-obstucted areas, 20 million did not even bother to vote. 10 million who did voted NO and the other 8 million who didn't get the chance to vote would be pretty much all NO votes, and not a single vote would have been PTPO anyway.

So stick that in your pipe and smoke it pal.

Wow

With numbers like that the PDRC must be so excited by the chance of a new election, they are bound to win.

[givenall]

so how many thousands against 20mln voters, millions, who were prevented from voting and millions intimidated by armed and violent mob?

These are more civilized and orderly than Red Shirt. It shows the level of education. for my money I rather the educated people make decisions than uneducated at anytime

[Scamper]

Peaceful protests are known the world over for often bringing about change. The optics of the PDRC protests have been largely peaceful and even ebullient, and their legitimacy to protest is recognized by the United States as well as the local courts including the Constitutional Court. The Pheu Thai " administration " has lost the moral ground, for they have now devolved into admonishing the very courts that the constitution demands respect - the Constitutional Court and the independent agencies. By turning their backs against the institutions of the rule of law, Pheu Thai has thrown themselves out of legitimacy by their own hands. When Thaksin's cousin Surpapong actually writes to the UN admonishing the Constitutional Court and the independent agencies, and when Yingluck openly dresses down the legitimacy of the National anti-Corruption Commission - knowing full well that as she does the NACC ia coming under consistent grenade attack - Pheu Thai sets itself above the rule of law. The image on the streets of Bangkok show people who are justly fed up with that. They've had enough. And they are joined by a growing list of companies. These images of cheering and joyful faces on the streets of Bangkok defy the images Pheu Thai wish to paint of them. Every time the international media views these images the narrative of Pheu Thai takes a hit. Whether or not Yingluck deigns to see the NACC on Monday or not, the Thai people are going ahead without her.

[londonthai]

Almost 2 hours in since the front marchers took off and there are still hundreds of thousands of marchers still waiting at Lumpini to start marching.

This is going to be the biggest yet.

you don't mean it's going to be more than 6mln from the december scientific count?

[Morch]

so how many thousands against 20mln voters, millions, who were prevented from voting and millions intimidated by armed and violent mob?

About 30% of the votes were invalid or no-votes, so how about cutting that nice 20 million figure to size? One might say that less than half of the voters turning up at the ballot might mean they weren't that keen on voting. Elections were held in most provinces, by the way, and if memory serves there was not outstanding violence on election day.

[bkkjames]

so how many thousands against 20mln voters, millions, who were prevented from voting and millions intimidated by armed and violent mob?

These are more civilized and orderly than Red Shirt. It shows the level of education. for my money I rather the educated people make decisions than uneducated at anytime

a bit rough, but hard to argue with.

[h90]

so how many against 20mln voters and millions, who were prevented from voting?

You mean the 20 million of which around 50% voted NO, and the rest were a couple of million for assorted parties and 8 million buffalos for the PTP.

The ones obstructed were not PTP strongholds and I think the 2% in some provinces that turned out in the re-runs says it all really.

The real majority are speaking.

Not the 8 million MINORITY!!!!!!!!!

The other 40 MILLION VOTERS!

Well over a million on the streets, and the rest voted with their feet.

Of the 40 million in un-obstucted areas, 20 million did not even bother to vote. 10 million who did voted NO and the other 8 million who didn't get the chance to vote would be pretty much all NO votes, and not a single vote would have been PTPO anyway.

So stick that in your pipe and smoke it pal.

Wow

With numbers like that the PDRC must be so excited by the chance of a new election, they are bound to win.

PDRC is not a party.....

[YourNemisis]

so how many against 20mln voters and millions, who were prevented from voting?

You mean the 20 million of which around 50% voted NO, and the rest were a couple of million for assorted parties and 8 million buffalos for the PTP.

The ones obstructed were not PTP strongholds and I think the 2% in some provinces that turned out in the re-runs says it all really.

The real majority are speaking.

Not the 8 million MINORITY!!!!!!!!!

The other 40 MILLION VOTERS!

Well over a million on the streets, and the rest voted with their feet.

Of the 40 million in un-obstucted areas, 20 million did not even bother to vote. 10 million who did voted NO and the other 8 million who didn't get the chance to vote would be pretty much all NO votes, and not a single vote would have been PTPO anyway.

So stick that in your pipe and smoke it pal.

and your 4th post after registration. The rest posts also on politics

You rely on my post score for your argument, means you just lost the argument.

Come back with a bit of substance, or admit you talk <deleted>.

[Moruya]

so how many thousands against 20mln voters, millions, who were prevented from voting and millions intimidated by armed and violent mob?

If you want to quote stupid and irrelevant figures then you should refer to the majority of voters that DIDN'T vote for Yingluck

[ManopY]

so how many thousands against 20mln voters, millions, who were prevented from voting and millions intimidated by armed and violent mob?

Everybody knows that in those 20mln voters, only 13mln voted for a political party and the other 7mln voted "No Vote", blank...

Everybody knows also that the provinces where peoples could not vote are in the Southern part of Thailand and in some places in Bangkok!

Everybody knows also that the Southern provinces are at more than 90% against the actual government and in Bangkok, in majority also!

You are talking about violent mob! => Yesterday the police arrested a few Red Shirt militants with a stock of war weapons!

And on the pre-election day, it was a group of Red Shirt who killed K. Sutin (anti-government leader) and injured many other!

So, when you are talking about "armed and violent mob! I think we are not talking about the same people!

[YourNemisis]

So, in a country with a population of approx 66.7million, if he is lucky to get 1 million (.015%), he thinks he speaks for the "majority" of the Thai people?

Gotta love Thai logic and "new math".

Don't be stupid, you will NEVER get a whole country out to a march.

Nut don't deny a million turning up as nothing, and also your maths are totally wrong.

With your rational thinking (laughing).. Then with all this MASSIVE red shirt support for the government, where are their HUGE rallies like this?

5000 last week in Pattaya, 3000 in Ayuttaya, and they were all paid.

Hardly representitive of the huge support for the Thaksin regime that people like you constantly brag about.

[bkkjames]

Does Mrs CAPO still referring to 30k turnout for today?

[Crushdepth]

So, in a country with a population of approx 66.7million, if he is lucky to get 1 million (.015%), he thinks he speaks for the "majority" of the Thai people?

Gotta love Thai logic and "new math".

He won't get a million, maybe a couple of hundred thousand if he's lucky. But you don't need to go to the rally to be pissed off with the government. Obviously for each person actually there, there will be many more supporters who aren't.

The actual numbers and who has the "majority" is completely and utterly irrelevant. Fact is the country is badly divided and there are enough angry people on both sides to make any government's life miserable. Neither side of politics can afford to ignore and screw over the supporters of the other.

[ginjag]

So, in a country with a population of approx 66.7million, if he is lucky to get 1 million (.015%), he thinks he speaks for the "majority" of the Thai people?

Gotta love Thai logic and "new math".

Do you expect for starters all the aged people-----all the school kids----all the infirm------all in homes and prisons--------all in business--------all people who do not have money for travel ( not forget Thaksin is not paying) All the people in the tourist trade and tourist areas. and the rest.

This is how good your maths are.

See if the reds (under their own finance can match these numbers. go back to school.

[impulse]

So, in a country with a population of approx 66.7million, if he is lucky to get 1 million (.015%), he thinks he speaks for the "majority" of the Thai people?

Gotta love Thai logic and "new math".

Redo your math. You slipped 2 decimal places.

[YourNemisis]

Almost 2 hours in since the front marchers took off and there are still hundreds of thousands of marchers still waiting at Lumpini to start marching.

The wife is still waiting to get into the park area let alone start in the procession.

This is going to be the biggest yet.

Nice to hear a bunch of them went to Nontaburi and booted the red terrorist out from the NACC... Lets hope they hold that area till at least Tuesday.

I think your wife may be seeing her other husband today, traffic is now flowing freely at Lumpini, there are groups of protesters still on the road but they are wandering aimlessly.

Well she must be seeing him at the protests because I could hardly hear hear on the phone for whistles and crowd sounds.

Also being reported in the Nation.

Several groups yet to start marching, so unless you have proof that you are there, I suggest you post a picture for us.

Until you do that.... You are a liar.

[Dr Bruce]

so how many thousands against 20mln voters, millions, who were prevented from voting and millions intimidated by armed and violent mob?

These are more civilized and orderly than Red Shirt. It shows the level of education. for my money I rather the educated people make decisions than uneducated at anytime

i love the "Too Stupid to Vote" argument. They always set the IQ bar a couple of points below thier own level.

[ChrisY1]

so how many against 20mln voters and millions, who were prevented from voting?

You mean the 20 million of which around 50% voted NO, and the rest were a couple of million for assorted parties and 8 million buffalos for the PTP.

The ones obstructed were not PTP strongholds and I think the 2% in some provinces that turned out in the re-runs says it all really.

The real majority are speaking.

Not the 8 million MINORITY!!!!!!!!!

The other 40 MILLION VOTERS!

Well over a million on the streets, and the rest voted with their feet.

Of the 40 million in un-obstucted areas, 20 million did not even bother to vote. 10 million who did voted NO and the other 8 million who didn't get the chance to vote would be pretty much all NO votes, and not a single vote would have been PTPO anyway.

So stick that in your pipe and smoke it pal.

Wow

With numbers like that the PDRC must be so excited by the chance of a new election, they are bound to win.

Well said....but you should understand, the PDRC are not a political party....plus they do not want elections until reform....

[Just1Voice]

So, in a country with a population of approx 66.7million, if he is lucky to get 1 million (.015%), he thinks he speaks for the "majority" of the Thai people?

Gotta love Thai logic and "new math".

Don't be stupid, you will NEVER get a whole country out to a march.

Nut don't deny a million turning up as nothing, and also your maths are totally wrong.

With your rational thinking (laughing).. Then with all this MASSIVE red shirt support for the government, where are their HUGE rallies like this?

5000 last week in Pattaya, 3000 in Ayuttaya, and they were all paid.

Hardly representitive of the huge support for the Thaksin regime that people like you constantly brag about.

Your last sentence cracks me up, as you automatically assume that I am a Thaksin supporter, or which I am NOT.

You also exhibit the inability to denote sarcasm in the words of others, thereby revealing your lack of deduction powers.

You should ask your mother if it is okay for you to post something before you do it.

Have a nice day

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PDRC marches from Lumpini Park to Royal Plaza
By Digital Content



BANGKOK, March 29 -- The anti government protesters of People's Democratic Reform committee (PDRC) led by Suthep Thaugsuban on Saturday morning have started a march from Lumpini Park to the Royal Plaza to affirm its stance that reforms must be carried out before any general election.

Mr Suthep, the PDRC secretary general, paid respects to the King Rama VI statue in front of Lumpini Park before starting the march through streets of the capital.

The protesters have divided into six groups, leaving from Lumpini Park, the PDRC rally site from different gates.

Satit Wongnongtaey and Nataphol Teepsuwan, two key leaders of the PDRC, have briefed supporters about the route for today's march, as the rally would move from Lumpini Park to Silom, Ratchadamri, Ratchaprasong, Rama I, Siam Square, Pathumwan intersection, Phaya Thai, Si Ayutthaya and end at the Royal Plaza.

After activities at the Royal Plaza the protesters would return to Lumpini Park through U-Thong Nai, Ratchavithi, Rama VI, Urupong, Phetchaburi, Pratunam, Lang Suan and arrive to Lumpini Park.

The march today would cover a total route of 16.6 km. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2014-03-29

[Just1Voice]

So, in a country with a population of approx 66.7million, if he is lucky to get 1 million (.015%), he thinks he speaks for the "majority" of the Thai people?

Gotta love Thai logic and "new math".

Redo your math. You slipped 2 decimal places.

So noted. Thank you.

[ginjag]

So, in a country with a population of approx 66.7million, if he is lucky to get 1 million (.015%), he thinks he speaks for the "majority" of the Thai people?

Gotta love Thai logic and "new math".

Don't be stupid, you will NEVER get a whole country out to a march.

Nut don't deny a million turning up as nothing, and also your maths are totally wrong.

With your rational thinking (laughing).. Then with all this MASSIVE red shirt support for the government, where are their HUGE rallies like this?

5000 last week in Pattaya, 3000 in Ayuttaya, and they were all paid.

Hardly representitive of the huge support for the Thaksin regime that people like you constantly brag about.

Your last sentence cracks me up, as you automatically assume that I am a Thaksin supporter, or which I am NOT.

You also exhibit the inability to denote sarcasm in the words of others, thereby revealing your lack of deduction powers.

You should ask your mother if it is okay for you to post something before you do it.

Have a nice day

If you are " NOT" why post in that way regarding the numbers ??? You post this answer to save face because of your lack of thought.