Chamlong Srimuang
Chamlong Srimuang
Major General Chamlong Srimuangis a Thai activist and former politician. A former general, he was a leader of the "Young Turks" military clique, founded and led the Palang Dharma Party, served for six years as governor of Bangkok, led the anti-military uprising of May 1992, and is a prominent member of the People's Alliance for Democracy, a group strongly opposed to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Chamlong had supported the military junta that overthrew Thaksin in a coup. A devout...
crisis minister moved prime solve step
We have moved only one step forward, how could we retreat? To solve this crisis, the prime minister must resign.
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I don't know how many nights we will have to remain here but we will go on rallying until the prime minister resigns.
fellow
If we use violence, it is our fellow Thais who will die.
minister prime stay tougher
If the prime minister doesn't resign, we'll stay here. We'll stay here for a very long time. We think that we are tougher than the prime minister.
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Our rally will persist until the prime minister quits.
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I want to reaffirm that after the election, we will stage protracted protests until the prime minister resigns.
benefits priority
Our priority must be how this (resignation) benefits the country.
continue protesting until
I will continue protesting until he is out of office.
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We call for the prime minister to resign. As long as he does not resign, we will continue with our plans to hold a rally.
gets job until
We will be here until the job gets done.
caused government officials
We don't want violence. But if it happens, it will be caused by government officials and the government will lose.
camp days discuss further
We need to discuss further how many days we will camp out at Siam Paragon.
chance either february greater higher number people trust
Trust me, this is the right way. The important thing is people need to come to the rally. The greater the number of people either on February 26, 27 or 28, the higher chance we have of winning.
benefits priority stubborn
We are not stubborn and we are the people. Our priority must be how this benefits the country.