Security officers are keeping a close watch on both anti-Thaksin
and pro-Thaksin demonstrators rallying in many areas in Bangkok,
caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Chidchai
Vanasatidya said Tuesday.
Chidchai was quoted by the Thai News Agency as saying that the
security officers would closely follow up developments of both
sides, which are now employing the same strategy of spreading their
demonstrations and campaigns to many areas.
The officers would specially pay attention to the anti-Thaksin
demonstrators led by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD)
during the forthcoming Red Cross Fair scheduled to be held from
March 29 to April 6, as their main demonstration venue is in the
vicinity of the fair, he said.
Chidchai affirmed, however, that the security officers could
deal with the mass demonstrations.
Meanwhile, caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is
visiting the country's northern province of Chiang Rai for his
official mission and election campaign, said that he believed the
government security forces could handle the spreading rallies of
the PAD-led demonstrators.
"As long as the rallies are within the democratic framework and
do not make any trouble to other people, it should be all right,"
Thaksin said after chairing the cabinet's weekly meeting via video
conference Tuesday's morning.
(Xinhua News Agency March 22, 2006)
