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Emergency rule will not be invoked: Government
Bangkok, June 4 (TNA) - No emergency rule will be applied to cope with anti-government protesters in Bangkok's Rajadamnern Avenue, though the protesters are impeding traffic and inconvenience others.
Government spokesman Wichianchote Sukchoterat said the Samak government will not resort to emergency rule or application of the state's internal security laws as earlier speculated, but are more likely to negotiate with the protesters, led by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD).
Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej earlier said he would not use force to clear Rajadamnern Avenue though he had not ruled out the possibility of applying emergency rule to cope with demonstrators demanding the resignation of his elected government.
Meanwhile, Mr. Wichianchote dismissed rumours that Army chief Gen. Anupong Paochinda and national police chief Pol. Gen. Patcharawat Wongsuwan had been summoned by the prime minister to Government House Monday evening to confer on plans to apply emergency rule to deal with the protesters.
The heads of the army and police, as well as the secretary-general of the Council of State met with the premier only to talk about irrelevant matters, the government spokesman said.
Deputy National Police spokesman Pol. Maj-Gen. Suraphol Tuanthong said the authorities will ask People Power Party MP Pracha Prasopdee and others opposed to the demonstrators not to rally as they had planned in the Phan Fa Bridge area, less than half a kilometre from Makhawan Rangsan Bridge where the anti-government protesters are located, for fear of head-on clashes and subsequent violence.
Some 200 complaints have been filed, especially by daily commuters in Rajadamnern Avenue, with the police receiving the moans and groans of traffic inconveniences directly caused by the anti-government protests in Rajadamnern Avenue whereas over 1,000 policemen have been put on alert to preclude possible unrest.
Meanwhile retired Maj-Gen. Chamlong Srimuang, a PAD leader, said the street protests will go on indefinitely and he had acted to seal off traffic through Makhawan Rangsan Bridge from Tuesday midnight onward.
The protesters, who gave way to traffic during rush hours Tuesday, will not back off or move anywhere else, he said. (TNA).
Government spokesman Wichianchote Sukchoterat said the Samak government will not resort to emergency rule or application of the state's internal security laws as earlier speculated, but are more likely to negotiate with the protesters, led by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD).
Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej earlier said he would not use force to clear Rajadamnern Avenue though he had not ruled out the possibility of applying emergency rule to cope with demonstrators demanding the resignation of his elected government.
Meanwhile, Mr. Wichianchote dismissed rumours that Army chief Gen. Anupong Paochinda and national police chief Pol. Gen. Patcharawat Wongsuwan had been summoned by the prime minister to Government House Monday evening to confer on plans to apply emergency rule to deal with the protesters.
The heads of the army and police, as well as the secretary-general of the Council of State met with the premier only to talk about irrelevant matters, the government spokesman said.
Deputy National Police spokesman Pol. Maj-Gen. Suraphol Tuanthong said the authorities will ask People Power Party MP Pracha Prasopdee and others opposed to the demonstrators not to rally as they had planned in the Phan Fa Bridge area, less than half a kilometre from Makhawan Rangsan Bridge where the anti-government protesters are located, for fear of head-on clashes and subsequent violence.
Some 200 complaints have been filed, especially by daily commuters in Rajadamnern Avenue, with the police receiving the moans and groans of traffic inconveniences directly caused by the anti-government protests in Rajadamnern Avenue whereas over 1,000 policemen have been put on alert to preclude possible unrest.
Meanwhile retired Maj-Gen. Chamlong Srimuang, a PAD leader, said the street protests will go on indefinitely and he had acted to seal off traffic through Makhawan Rangsan Bridge from Tuesday midnight onward.
The protesters, who gave way to traffic during rush hours Tuesday, will not back off or move anywhere else, he said. (TNA).
