Thaksin hosts urgent meeting with top brass
By ThaiDay
Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has summoned an urgent meeting with the country’s military top brass amid growing political tension after the opposition alliance decided yesterday to boycott the April 2 snap election.
Supreme Commander Gen Ruangroj Mahasaranont was seen arriving at Government House around noon while the commanders of the three armed forces and the National Police Chief are expected to arrive shortly to attend the urgent meeting.
There was no immediate government clarification on the objectives behind the meeting, but coming at a time of heightened tension in the face of the opposition’s electoral boycott and mounting calls by pro-democracy groups, the meeting is seen as symbolically significant.
The latest development came as the last groups of the anti-Thaksin protestors – followers of the Santi Asoke religious sect – dispersed from the Sanam Luang rally site.
The bulk of the demonstrators dispersed after midnight this morning and vowed to regroup at Sanam Luang in larger numbers to demand Thaksin’s resignation on March 5.
By ThaiDay
Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has summoned an urgent meeting with the country’s military top brass amid growing political tension after the opposition alliance decided yesterday to boycott the April 2 snap election.
Supreme Commander Gen Ruangroj Mahasaranont was seen arriving at Government House around noon while the commanders of the three armed forces and the National Police Chief are expected to arrive shortly to attend the urgent meeting.
There was no immediate government clarification on the objectives behind the meeting, but coming at a time of heightened tension in the face of the opposition’s electoral boycott and mounting calls by pro-democracy groups, the meeting is seen as symbolically significant.
The latest development came as the last groups of the anti-Thaksin protestors – followers of the Santi Asoke religious sect – dispersed from the Sanam Luang rally site.
The bulk of the demonstrators dispersed after midnight this morning and vowed to regroup at Sanam Luang in larger numbers to demand Thaksin’s resignation on March 5.
