Red-shirt protesters have completely surrounded Government House, raising doubt whether Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will be able to get through the protesters to get inside to work Wednesday.
The government compound is completely surrounded by thousands of red-shirt protesters who are determined to stay put for the next couple of days, raising a big question whether Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his cabinet ministers could get into the premise to do their jobs on Wednesday.
Led by the pro-Thaksin United Front for Demcoracy against Dictatorship (UDD), red-shirt people from across the country, mostly from the Northeast and the North, converged at Sanam Luang on Tuesday morning before they marched hours later to Government House.
Hundreds of policemen who were deployed in front of Government House to prevent the protesters from getting close to the premise were forced to make a retreat by the human wave of the red-shirt people. However, there are still hundreds of police with the backup of hundreds of army troops inside Government House. Warnings were occasionally issued by police using megaphones urging the protesters not to attempt to break into the premise or face legal actions.
Prime Minister Abhisit who is holding a cabinet meeting in Cha-am district of Phetchaburi province has been regularly informed of the protest developments. He said that he would return to work at the Government House on Wednesday as usual.
UDD leaders earlier assured that the protesters would not try to break into the Government House. But they will lay siege to the premise for a few days to put pressure on the government to heed their demands, among them, the removal of Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, prosecution of People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) leaders over their illegal siege of Government House and airports, amending the 2007 Constitution and dissolving the House.
More protesters are expected to join the protest after sunset.
Source: Bangkok Post
