UDD: Over 200,000 Redshirts to join April 5 rally

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UDD: Over 200,000 Redshirts To Join 5 April Rally
By Khaosod English


Redshirts activists inspect Aksa Avenue in preparation for 5 April rally, 2 April 2014

BANGKOK: -- Redshirts leaders hope that at least 200,000 of their supporters will join the mass rally on 5 April at the pictueresque boulevard in Nakhon Pathom province.

The United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) is organising the rally at Aksa Avenue as a massive "show of strength" for the embattled government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Anti-government protesters have been calling for her resignation, and urging the military and the courts to depose her.

Mr. Suthep Thaugsuban, former Democrat MP and leader of the anti-government movements, vowed to "finish the fight" before Songkran (traditional holiday) festival in mid-April.

But Mr. Anuwat Thinnarart, regional UDD leader in northeastern Thailand, said he is not concerned by Mr. Suthep's threat, as Mr. Suthep has made many other unfulfilled threats and deadlines in the past.

"We have the goal on this Saturday to mobilise the Redshirts all over the nation in greater number than the PCAD supporters," Mr. Anuwat said, referring to the People's Committee for Absolute Democracy With the King As Head of State (PCAD), "We want to show our force, so they will see that a majority of the nation does not agree with PCAD's goals"

Mr. Anuwat also warned that numerous Redshirts across the country will not tolerate any move by the so-called "independent agencies" to dismiss Ms. Yingluck from her caretaker position.

According to Mr. Anuwat, local Redshirts in Isaan region will travel to Aksa Avenue via personal cars and charted buses. They would also bring along security guards and medical workers in order to assist the protesters under the hot April weather, he added.

Source: http://en.khaosod.co.th/detail.php?newsid=1396518883&section=11&typecate=06


-- Khaosod English 2014-04-03

[marcusd]

Last time they were gathering millions and hot a few thousand. Redshirts too are peeved with the actions of this government. I think,this week end may see the start of many ills about to befall this land.

Marcusd. Via tapatalk

[TVGerry]

And this is how thugocracy works. Welcome to the Shinawatraland!

[whybother]

Someone didn't get the fax from Jatuporn.

Mr Jatuporn said that more than 500,000 red shirts are expected to turn up at the group's Saturday mass rally to show that the UDD has more supporters than the anti-government protesters, the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC).

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/715631-red-shirts-will-hold-mass-rally-in-aksa-road-udd-chairman-jatuporn

[dinom]

Kindergarden, we had 5 more protesters on a certain day at a certain time, so we represent the majority of the voters.

[Fryslan boppe]

"...massive "show of strength" for the embattled government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Anti-government protesters have been calling for her resignation, and urging the military and the courts to depose her"

Again, some corrections are in order to this historical contextualization statement, obviously written by a PAD-Dem writer:

• The Yingluck Govt. is not 'embattled"...Her majority electorate is solidly in place, and grown since her election....The shenanigans of Suthep's street people can be thanked for that....The next election will demonstrate this growth and curtail the illusions of grandeur of coup-intentioned people, thinking their minority can make an elected Govt."embattled".....
• Any judicial or Independent Organization being used by the Ammart to unseat an elected Govt. due to their own electoral deficiencies, will be instantly discreditted more than they are already.
• Coup-intentioned people, not anti-Govt. people, have been agitating. Their form of agitation can more aptly be termed "coup advocacy', not protesting. Trying to use issue protests as cover for coup intentions doesn't fool anyone.

Edited April 3, 2014 by Fryslan boppe

[Smokemachine]

Although this is a small crowd in CM, i'm always confident in RED shirts for their mob rally.

200,000 should be no problem as long as Dubai big boss daddy has issue the cheque.

[kurtgruen]

Although this is a small crowd in CM, i'm always confident in RED shirts for their mob rally.

200,000 should be no problem as long as Dubai big boss daddy has issue the cheque.

I was just about to post the same thing. Just came back from my Dentist, who is just behind the Three Kings Monument, in Chiang Mai, where another huge rally was supposed to happen today and there were only about 15 people there. Some of those 15 were not wearing any red, so maybe they were just there to take a picture of the monument. I guess people in Chiang Mai are a little too educated for Thaskin's rhetoric these days?

You can only fool the people so many times, before they catch on to the bulls*it!

[kurtgruen]

"...massive "show of strength" for the embattled government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Anti-government protesters have been calling for her resignation, and urging the military and the courts to depose her"

Again, some corrections are in order to this historical contextualization statement, obviously written by a PAD-Dem writer:

• The Yingluck Govt. is not 'embattled"...Her majority electorate is solidly in place, and grown since her election....The shenanigans of Suthep's street people can be thanked for that....The next election will demonstrate this growth and curtail the illusions of grandeur of coup-intentioned people, thinking their minority can make an elected Govt."embattled".....
• Any judicial or Independent Organization being used by the Ammart to unseat an elected Govt. due to their own electoral deficiencies, will be instantly discreditted more than they are already.
• Coup-intentioned people, not anti-Govt. people, have been agitating. Their form of agitation can more aptly be termed "coup advocacy', not protesting. Trying to use issue protests as cover for coup intentions doesn't fool anyone.

You are funny. What have you been smoking? I want some!

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

Someone didn't get the fax from Jatuporn.

Mr Jatuporn said that more than 500,000 red shirts are expected to turn up at the group's Saturday mass rally to show that the UDD has more supporters than the anti-government protesters, the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC).

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/715631-red-shirts-will-hold-mass-rally-in-aksa-road-udd-chairman-jatuporn

Tomorrow he will say its 100.000.

[Scamper]

" Anti-government protesters have been calling for her resignation, and urging the military and the courts to depose her. "

​This is a positively criminal sentence from Khaosod. They have in the most egregious way possible projected their own view onto this. They couldn't come up with a quote, so they constructed their own fantasy instead. The PDRC have never at any point urged the courts to depose Yingluck. They have, instead, championed the work of the courts - as should all Thais - in the duly constitutional roles that they play. This is the Pheu Thai/UDD/Khaosod narrative at its most insidious. And it is obscene for Khaosod to stoop to such a level.

" Mr. Anuwat also warned that numerous Redshirts across the country will not tolerate any move by the so-called "independent agencies" to dismiss Ms. Yingluck from her caretaker position. "

This is also really horrible journalism - not because Mr. Anuwat doesn't actually have stupid thoughts like this, but if he wants to be represented by a really stupid statement then Khaosod should give him the courtesy of indulging him with a full quote, so that the reader can see just how stupid his statement actually is. If Khaosod doesn't want to quote people directly, and prefers instead to " free associate " the positions of the PDRC, then perhaps they should just give up what they comically refer to as journalism and simply join the UDD. If anything there should be quotes around " so called ", while the quotes around independent agencies should be removed. That is all Khaosod's doing, and that is Khaosod's political point of view. There is a difference between reporting the story and becoming the story. If Khaosod wants to cheer the UDD, let them. But if they're going to mimic the unconstitutional rhetoric of the UDD and question the authority of the legal checks and balances, at least present quotes from the other side. And if they can't do that, then quit the pretense of being journalists and just join the UDD.

[seajae]

"...massive "show of strength" for the embattled government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Anti-government protesters have been calling for her resignation, and urging the military and the courts to depose her"

Again, some corrections are in order to this historical contextualization statement, obviously written by a PAD-Dem writer:

• The Yingluck Govt. is not 'embattled"...Her majority electorate is solidly in place, and grown since her election....The shenanigans of Suthep's street people can be thanked for that....The next election will demonstrate this growth and curtail the illusions of grandeur of coup-intentioned people, thinking their minority can make an elected Govt."embattled".....
• Any judicial or Independent Organization being used by the Ammart to unseat an elected Govt. due to their own electoral deficiencies, will be instantly discreditted more than they are already.
• Coup-intentioned people, not anti-Govt. people, have been agitating. Their form of agitation can more aptly be termed "coup advocacy', not protesting. Trying to use issue protests as cover for coup intentions doesn't fool anyone.

well fb you can tell TV isnt run by reds as anyone can come in here and give their own opinions even when they are totally wrong and not be shot or have their families threatened.

I see that the reds have dropped 300,000 from the show numbers, I asume their number cruncher must have lost 8 fingers and hasnt worked out how to remove this shoes yet, probably another home made explosion. Just think, after complaining that the pdrc were blocking roads and upsetting people what do the reds do, block a road but pick out the best road in the region to do so, hypocritical mongrels in action once again and all for a turnout of a few hundred if they are lucjy and that is including you and the other tv reds.

[GuestHouse]

Have the PTP come up with the money they promised to pay the Rice farmers by the end of March?

I'm guessing Yinguck is not going to be in the capital - can't risk the mob getting the right idea can she.

[Mentors]

The Red Shirts can not count of just-around-the-corner-at-weekend-for-free food fancy people.

[GentlemanJim]

Redshirts leaders hope that at least 200,000 of their supporters will join the mass rally on 5 April at the pictueresque boulevard in Nakhon Pathom province.

All I can say is that this is fantastic news for any ice cream sales people. I have a good mind to set up a Swensens stall myself.

[davejones23]

Numbers are dropping before it's even started. Early this week 500,000 were coming, but 300,000 have now changed their minds. I doubt very much that even 200,000 will turn up. They'll probably make exaggerated claims like just Suthep though. But that just makes you look stupid and lose all credibility.

[AleG]

Oh... 200.000? What's that? a quarter of the number that spontaneously came out to protest after they passed the amnesty bill a few months ago?

[WoopyDoo]

"...massive "show of strength" for the embattled government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Anti-government protesters have been calling for her resignation, and urging the military and the courts to depose her"

Again, some corrections are in order to this historical contextualization statement, obviously written by a PAD-Dem writer:

• The Yingluck Govt. is not 'embattled"...Her majority electorate is solidly in place, and grown since her election....The shenanigans of Suthep's street people can be thanked for that....The next election will demonstrate this growth and curtail the illusions of grandeur of coup-intentioned people, thinking their minority can make an elected Govt."embattled".....
• Any judicial or Independent Organization being used by the Ammart to unseat an elected Govt. due to their own electoral deficiencies, will be instantly discreditted more than they are already.
• Coup-intentioned people, not anti-Govt. people, have been agitating. Their form of agitation can more aptly be termed "coup advocacy', not protesting. Trying to use issue protests as cover for coup intentions doesn't fool anyone.

Erm....

Once again you get everything wrong.

This is Khaosod, funded by Thaksin Shinawatra.

Didn't you even know that?

Yingluck personally visited their offices back in January to wish them a happy 10th birthday.

It is her brother's number one propaganda rag.

You know less than nowt pal.... crawl back.

[pmugghc]

"...massive "show of strength" for the embattled government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Anti-government protesters have been calling for her resignation, and urging the military and the courts to depose her"

Again, some corrections are in order to this historical contextualization statement, obviously written by a PAD-Dem writer:

• The Yingluck Govt. is not 'embattled"...Her majority electorate is solidly in place, and grown since her election....The shenanigans of Suthep's street people can be thanked for that....The next election will demonstrate this growth and curtail the illusions of grandeur of coup-intentioned people, thinking their minority can make an elected Govt."embattled".....
• Any judicial or Independent Organization being used by the Ammart to unseat an elected Govt. due to their own electoral deficiencies, will be instantly discreditted more than they are already.
• Coup-intentioned people, not anti-Govt. people, have been agitating. Their form of agitation can more aptly be termed "coup advocacy', not protesting. Trying to use issue protests as cover for coup intentions doesn't fool anyone.

Thanks for the entertainment. Where is your proof that YL's support has grown?

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

[givenall]

what happened to original 500,000. that means will be anyone guess and depends on the budget. Mr. T Is getting cheap

[ginjag]

" The red shirts will not tolerate" you know where the arrogance comes from---very far away.

No matter how many they mobilize it will not be a majority of the nation==============remember all the pro PTP posters on the opposition numbers. ?? this was their cry.

Do they show this aggression each of them when faced with a bib verdict for no crash hat.??? after all same on a small scale, if we do wrong we will not tolerate a fine.

Remember all the pro posters saying " haven't Sutheps supporters jobs to go to " ????................Will they all have papers to verify that they joined up to the red army ???

[Thait Spot]

"...massive "show of strength" for the embattled government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Anti-government protesters have been calling for her resignation, and urging the military and the courts to depose her"

Again, some corrections are in order to this historical contextualization statement, obviously written by a PAD-Dem writer:

• The Yingluck Govt. is not 'embattled"...Her majority electorate is solidly in place, and grown since her election....The shenanigans of Suthep's street people can be thanked for that....The next election will demonstrate this growth and curtail the illusions of grandeur of coup-intentioned people, thinking their minority can make an elected Govt."embattled".....
• Any judicial or Independent Organization being used by the Ammart to unseat an elected Govt. due to their own electoral deficiencies, will be instantly discreditted more than they are already.
• Coup-intentioned people, not anti-Govt. people, have been agitating. Their form of agitation can more aptly be termed "coup advocacy', not protesting. Trying to use issue protests as cover for coup intentions doesn't fool anyone.

How much would you be prepared to wager that PTP will get more votes than in 2012? 100,000?

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[Bangmod]

"...massive "show of strength" for the embattled government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Anti-government protesters have been calling for her resignation, and urging the military and the courts to depose her"

Again, some corrections are in order to this historical contextualization statement, obviously written by a PAD-Dem writer:

• The Yingluck Govt. is not 'embattled"...Her majority electorate is solidly in place, and grown since her election....The shenanigans of Suthep's street people can be thanked for that....The next election will demonstrate this growth and curtail the illusions of grandeur of coup-intentioned people, thinking their minority can make an elected Govt."embattled".....
• Any judicial or Independent Organization being used by the Ammart to unseat an elected Govt. due to their own electoral deficiencies, will be instantly discreditted more than they are already.
• Coup-intentioned people, not anti-Govt. people, have been agitating. Their form of agitation can more aptly be termed "coup advocacy', not protesting. Trying to use issue protests as cover for coup intentions doesn't fool anyone.

Stop using the term PAD in your stories please!!! the forces on the streets now are not the PAD!!!

and not everybody against this government is pro coup, stop spreading lies....

[Spartakos]

I guess UDD adopted a successful TOT approach of preferring quality over numbers, now who needs indecisive redshirts with some brain activity left, they will just bring the ones who replaced their brain with shredded kaosod newspaper.

[davejones23]

"...massive "show of strength" for the embattled government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Anti-government protesters have been calling for her resignation, and urging the military and the courts to depose her"

Again, some corrections are in order to this historical contextualization statement, obviously written by a PAD-Dem writer:

• The Yingluck Govt. is not 'embattled"...Her majority electorate is solidly in place, and grown since her election....The shenanigans of Suthep's street people can be thanked for that....The next election will demonstrate this growth and curtail the illusions of grandeur of coup-intentioned people, thinking their minority can make an elected Govt."embattled".....
• Any judicial or Independent Organization being used by the Ammart to unseat an elected Govt. due to their own electoral deficiencies, will be instantly discreditted more than they are already.
• Coup-intentioned people, not anti-Govt. people, have been agitating. Their form of agitation can more aptly be termed "coup advocacy', not protesting. Trying to use issue protests as cover for coup intentions doesn't fool anyone.

I can only assume you don't know what embattled means. Even government supporters and the government themselves would agree that they are currently embattled. The government has said so plenty of times.

[Mentors]

we will see how many.

6... millions Whistlers failed already.

Edited April 3, 2014 by Mentors

[Crushdepth]

"...massive "show of strength" for the embattled government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Anti-government protesters have been calling for her resignation, and urging the military and the courts to depose her"

Again, some corrections are in order to this historical contextualization statement, obviously written by a PAD-Dem writer:

• The Yingluck Govt. is not 'embattled"...Her majority electorate is solidly in place, and grown since her election....The shenanigans of Suthep's street people can be thanked for that....The next election will demonstrate this growth and curtail the illusions of grandeur of coup-intentioned people, thinking their minority can make an elected Govt."embattled".....
• Any judicial or Independent Organization being used by the Ammart to unseat an elected Govt. due to their own electoral deficiencies, will be instantly discreditted more than they are already.
• Coup-intentioned people, not anti-Govt. people, have been agitating. Their form of agitation can more aptly be termed "coup advocacy', not protesting. Trying to use issue protests as cover for coup intentions doesn't fool anyone.

Oh for god's sake wake up. Her government is absolutely embattled on multiple fronts, eg. the incredible rice scheme incompetence, corruption indictments, negligence charges and looming impeachment of the PM and possibly entire cabinet; the torpedoing of the 2 trillion baht mega project loan that mysteriously did not need Parliamentary oversight; the axing of proposed constitutional amendments that would remove Parliamentary oversight of international treaties concerning natural resource access rights; the appalling amnesty debacle and accompanying protests and violence; the bleeding voter base and - did you not notice - annulled election. The government is completely paralysed and at high risk of being flushed down the toilet.

If this does not constitute "embattled" I would just love to hear your explanation of what is. I suggest you drop the word "ammart" from your vocabulary as it just makes you look like one of the cranks that post loony stuff about "Lanna" on New Mandala.

[slapout]

With the number of protest groups who are roaming the streets, alleys and roadways of Thailand, the contridictions and pure nonsense as well as acts, that they have reported to have said and done, I do not know how anyone can point a finger at any single group and know, much less try to figure out what their true intentions are.

And finally, when we consider the preplanning and thinking ahead that we encounter daily in the LOS, I would seriouly qestion that those taking part in said protests know their own intent.

[GentlemanJim]

The forces on streets are indeed PAD and a lot paid per day Southerners and not many others more.

The sponsored free drink and beverages weeks after work

are over in Bangkok.

While the Southerner blockade the streets, Burmese people doing their jobs back in the upper South.

Please educate us more. I live in the South and know of no paid to go supporters. They all go by the bus/truck/train load as required, but neither I nor the extended family know of anyone that is paying them or anyone receiving money. they pay for themselves because...they can and want to. You see that is the problem that Thaksin found, he cannot buy the south because they don't need his money. The majority of farmers here are in rubber and palm and they pay for themselves if they support something.

What I have seen during local elections are some fool politicians come around offering the village elders money to secure the vote of them all. The elders say ok, take their money and then just vote for who they were going to anyway . Now that is justice!

[northernjohn]

"...massive "show of strength" for the embattled government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Anti-government protesters have been calling for her resignation, and urging the military and the courts to depose her"

Again, some corrections are in order to this historical contextualization statement, obviously written by a PAD-Dem writer:

• The Yingluck Govt. is not 'embattled"...Her majority electorate is solidly in place, and grown since her election....The shenanigans of Suthep's street people can be thanked for that....The next election will demonstrate this growth and curtail the illusions of grandeur of coup-intentioned people, thinking their minority can make an elected Govt."embattled".....
• Any judicial or Independent Organization being used by the Ammart to unseat an elected Govt. due to their own electoral deficiencies, will be instantly discreditted more than they are already.
• Coup-intentioned people, not anti-Govt. people, have been agitating. Their form of agitation can more aptly be termed "coup advocacy', not protesting. Trying to use issue protests as cover for coup intentions doesn't fool anyone.

Oh for god's sake wake up. Her government is absolutely embattled on multiple fronts, eg. the incredible rice scheme incompetence, corruption indictments, negligence charges and looming impeachment of the PM and possibly entire cabinet; the torpedoing of the 2 trillion baht mega project loan that mysteriously did not need Parliamentary oversight; the axing of proposed constitutional amendments that would remove Parliamentary oversight of international treaties concerning natural resource access rights; the appalling amnesty debacle and accompanying protests and violence; the bleeding voter base and - did you not notice - annulled election. The government is completely paralysed and at high risk of being flushed down the toilet.

If this does not constitute "embattled" I would just love to hear your explanation of what is. I suggest you drop the word "ammart" from your vocabulary as it just makes you look like one of the cranks that post loony stuff about "Lanna" on New Mandala.

You might want to add the unpaid rice farmers and the new car owners not getting their tax money.