Thousands of red-shirt supporters, who helped
install Yingluck Shinwatra as Thai prime minister in the July 2011 election,
were told during yesterday's gathering at Muang Thong Thani to oppose attempts
to unseat the government.
Ousted
and convicted former premier Thaksin Shinawatra also addressed the red shirts
through video link alleging that the process to undemocratically oust the
Yingluck administration has begun.
"Today,
people know what is what. The process of robbing people has begun again,"
said Thaksin, wearing a red shirt. Thaksin stressed that power must belong to
the people.
He
apologised to those red shirts who were upset with his previous speech, viewed
as self-obsessed by some, and vowed to work for the benefit of all red shirts,
including those still in jail.
"I
must apologise. I had no intention to trample on the hearts of red
shirts," he said. "We must not be disunited [amongst]
ourselves."
Thaksin
also attacked the Democrat Party by saying: "In Parliament, there is no
uglier party [than the Democrat]," he said, referring to the two days of
disturbances in the House earlier this week. Thaksin again denied he was
corrupt while in power.
The
red-shirt leadership urged supporters to fight what they claimed is the attempt
to unseat the Yingluck administration through a coup d'etat or a Constitution
Court ruling.
"All
of you, come to Bangkok. Fight the decisive battle," said red-shirt
co-leader Jatuporn Promphan, who was recently disqualified as a Pheu Thai MP.
"We
don't need reconciliation with bad people. If we don't fight, PM Yingluck will
face the same fate as Thaksin."
The
special jam-packed "Truth Today" talk, at Muang Thong Thani's Thunder
Dome, to celebrate its fifth anniversary saw some 5,000 red shirts in
attendance.
Red-shirt
co-leader and Deputy Agriculture Minister Natthawut Saikua warned that there
are signs that the "power outside [democratic] system" may soon act.
Veerakarn
Musigapong, former chairman of the red-shirt Democratic Alliance Against
Dictatorship, said the Democrat Party has "completely revealed
itself" over the past few days through the actions against the House
Speaker inside Parliament and support for street protests outside Parliament.
He
recalled that the red shirts had fought for liberty in the past.
He
urged the red shirts not to divide Thailand into regions and work towards the
unity of the country.
One red
shirt, who participated in the event, said he believes there exists an attempt
to unseat the government through public disturbances by the yellow-shirt
People's Alliance for Democracy and an eventual coup d'etat.
Next to
the venue, a makeshift stand was set up by the Bang-Na red-shirt group where
people could throw used shoes at the painting of opposition leader Abhisit
Vejjajiva and his deputy Suthep Thaugsuban.
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