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10.january :Here are some updated details for the 13th:
– We are closing Chaeng Wattana Road entirely. Government Complex will be inaccessible. Please note that Mongkut Wattana private hospital has volunteered to take care of our friends stationed there. We are indebted to you.
– Lardprao junction will be completely blocked off to private cars (apart from medical vehicles, those with medical emergencies, and the other types of purposes I’ve mentioned previously).
– Victory Monument, Lumpini/Ratchaprasong/Asoke junctions will also be completely blocked off (with the same exceptions as Lardprao junction).
– Pathumwan intersection. This will be our new home.
Our other activity consists of surrounding and closing off government offices so officials cannot enter. Of course, the Ministry of Public Health will not be shut down as the civil servants there have already decided to shut down the Ministry to join us. As I’ve said before, we are NOT shutting down any airports. Tourists and travellers can come and go freely. Occupy Bangkok does NOT involve the shutting down of any type of public transportation, buses, trains, sky trains, underground trains, etc.
fake “PDRC-Don Mueang” poster claims the PDRC will be shutting down
Don Mueang International Airport on 13 January 2014. We repeat again, Operation Occupy Bangkok does NOT involve the shutting down of public transportation or any airports.Additional information: Ambulances, those with medical emergencies, tour buses, and hotel/restaurant/merchant vehicles may also pass freely.
SUTHEB : The protesters aren’t shutting down the airports!
Public transportation will not be affected. Tourists can even take a bus ride all around Bangkok because the protesters are leaving bus lanes open.
Citizens’ residences will not be affected to avoid disturbing them.Public buses, trains, BTS sky-trains, MRT underground trains, and public boats will operate normally. Street lanes will be reserved for buses as usual and also for ambulances or those with medical emergencies.Our occupation of Bangkok commences on 13 January 2014 at 9.00 hours.
We are departing Ratchadamnoen on the 13th and will set up 7 stages all around Bangkok. Here are the 7 locations:
– In front of Chaengwattana Government complex.
– Lardprao Junction. Our friends from the north and Isaan will be there. Rangsit University faculty and students will host the events here.
– Victory Monument.
– Pathumwan junction. Chulalongkorn University will organize the events here.
– Lumpini park. Our friends from Silom will host the events at this location.
– Asoke. Mor Sor Wor Prasanmitr (Srinakharinwirot University) and NIDA to host.
– Ratchaprasong. Celebrities and artists led by Dr. Seri Wongmonta will take the stage here.
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THATS, WHY WE PROTEST : Today I met with members of the foreign press. They were confused about what we’re doing and why we’re demanding reform before elections. I had to explain how this sham government is completely corrupt and has completely corrupted Thailand’s electoral system and bureaucracy. I told them the whole history of the reincarnation of Thaksin’s dirty party: the original Thai Rak Thai, which was dissolved by the courts and reborn as the People’s Power Party, which was then also dissolved by courts and subsequently reborn as the current Pheu Thai. Has such an abomination ever happened in any other country?
Our uprising is completely different from the events of 2010. We have neither shot anyone nor bombed anything. Our only weapons, as I’ve said before, are our feet and whistles. We march and we blow our whistles. That’s all.
Unlike the 2010 protests that vandalized department stores and destroyed commercial activity, our peaceful rallies and marches stimulate business. We are good people and our protests reflect that. Stores welcome us. The proxy government, on the other hand, loot and pillage Thailand just like their UDD leaders did to Ratchaprasong and other commercial areas.
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PDRC spokesperson Akanat Promphan provides updates on Occupy Bangkok (7 Jan. 2014 press briefing) Akanat confirmed that the PDRC will set up 7 stages on 13 January 2014 during Occupy Bangkok. The 7 stages will be at the following locations: – In front of Chaengwattana Government complex. – Lardprao Junction. PDRC supporters from the North and Isaan will be here and Rangsit University faculty and students will host the events. – Victory Monument. – Pathumwan junction. Chulalongkorn University will organize the events. – Lumpini park. The Business Club for Democracy will host the events. – Asoke intersection. Mor Sor Wor Prasanmitr (Srinakharinwirot University) and National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) will co-host this stage. – Ratchaprasong intersection. Celebrities and artists led by PDRC protest leader Dr. Seri Wongmonta are in charge of this stage. Spokesperson Akanat also stressed that Occupy Bangkok does not involve cutting off public utilities to private residences, apart from those of Yingluck and her cabinet members. Occupy Bangkok would also not involve the shutting down of any method of public transportation or any airports. He stressed that measures were in place to ensure medical emergency assistance. In addition, the PDRC has set up provisions for tourists. Finally, Akanat emphasized that the PDRC had undertaken preparations to ensure the least disturbance to the public as possible while effectively pressuring the caretaker Prime Minister and cabinet to resign and pave the way for reform before elections.
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