"The government needed to use force against some members of the anti-government rally, but it had never declared that every red-shirt protester is a terrorist, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said during the censure debate in parliament on Monday. Nor had the government ever used any force to clear protesters from the main rally venue at Ratchaprasong intersection, he said.
"Some people are trying to compare the crackdown on the red-shirt rally on May 19 with the October 1976 Massacre or Black May 1992 or even the political violence in October 2008."I admit that force was used during the crackdown to solve people's troubles but the government has never stated that all red-shirt are terrorists or a group of people who want to topple the monarchy," Mr Abhisit said.
He said the decisions made by the government followed international standards. The court ruled that the gathering violated the constitution. "The Civil Court told us [the government] we could disperse the protest if necessary and we were always trying to explain the situation to the people," he said."The situation on May 19 is different from other incidents as we did not disperse the people at the main rally site," he said. He said government forces encircled the rally site to pressure the rally to end.
Although there were many losses from May 14 to 9, the government had not launched any operations at the main protest venue at Ratchaprasong -- as there were women, children and old people there, he said."We never wanted to disperse the main rally site because we didn't wanted past events to take place again," the prime minister said. He said the government had tried to solve the political crisis through political means but there was interference by a well armed non-military force.
"The emergency decree is still in force, but not for the purpose of eliminating certain politicians as some people have claimed. "But we cannot deny that recent violence has occurred, sparked by people instilling hatred and spreading misinformation ," Mr Abhisit said." http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/17...-are-terrorists
OK, I give up. Who killed 89 people and injured 1900 ?
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Is Abhisit trying already to re-write history ?
Started by DOLLY, May 31 2010 05:46 PM
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Posted 31 May 2010 - 07:15 PM
It's not just Abhisit:
"Deputy PM Suthep yesterday said rumours and allegations were being circulated about the government using force against the protesters. He claimed the allegations were part of a plot to land the government in hot water."
http://www.bangkokpost.com/print/37708/
"Deputy PM Suthep yesterday said rumours and allegations were being circulated about the government using force against the protesters. He claimed the allegations were part of a plot to land the government in hot water."
http://www.bangkokpost.com/print/37708/
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Posted 01 June 2010 - 09:56 AM
One of the rituals of Thai society after the periodic massacre of innocent people is to set about immediately to the task of rewriting history. They did it in 1976 and 1992 when the slaughter of students and unarmed protesters was said to have been provoked by communists or plots against the monarchy. Thaksin did it in his drug war and the massacres in the south. Abhisit is busy right now trying to wash the blood from his hands by blaming 90 deaths and 1900 injuries on mysterious "men in black." The problem is that all Thai politicians are shameless and so they can do the most outrageous things, provided they are not seen to lose face in the process.
