Thai PM repeats calls for calm ahead of protesters' deadline

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Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha repeats calls for calm ahead of anti-government protesters’ Saturday night deadline for him to step down, as the government and the pro-democracy movement appear no closer to resolving their differences.

Pro-democracy activists display a placard with Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha's head attached to a cockroach during a protest outside remand prison, in which some of the activists are kept, in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. Thailand's government on Thursday canceled a state of emergency it had declared last week for Bangkok in a gesture offered by the embattled prime minister to cool student-led protests seeking democracy reforms.

“Although the ongoing political situation comprises many opposing views among different groups, we should rather take this as an opportunity for Thais to consult each other on what is best for the nation,” said the statement.Prayuth this past week issued a call to allow Parliament to seek a solution to the crisis, and in a gesture to appease the protesters, revoked a state of emergency for Bangkok he had imposed a week earlier that made protest rallies illegal.

One of the protest leaders, Jatupat “Pai Dao Din” Boonpattararaksa, told a crowd outside Bangkok Remand Prison that protesters should gather there Saturday and consider their next step as they wait for a response from Prayuth. The implicit criticism of the monarchy, which protesters believe wields too much power, has irked conservative Thais because it traditionally has been treated as sacrosanct and a pillar of national identity.There is concern that the situation may become more volatile, because in the past week there has been a mobilization of forces who claim to be defenders of the monarchy.

 

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If trump carries out his threat and refuses to leave office then we must be prepared to carry out protests on a scale never seen before in our country. GeneralStrike

I hope the Thai government will take a tougher stance on the illegal protest. I can see the NED will soon pull out their HK riot blue prints, with road blockade and setting fire on public utilities.

Resolving their differences...lol..like it's just a lil misunderstanding

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