"Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday pledged to complete the lifting of the state of emergency in a timely and cautious manner, playing down claims of incompatibility between emergency power and reconciliation. "The majority of the people are not effected by emergency rule," he said.

...Echoing a call from the National Reform Committee (NRC), the Chart Thai Pattana Party yesterday urged the government to lift the state of emergency in a speedy manner, voicing concern for the consequences of runaway power. The junior coalition party also said the government should set clear guidelines for the enforcement of emergency rule to prevent abuses.

"Certain agencies are unwittingly causing problems for the government related to the arbitrary dispensing of emergency power," party spokesman Watchara Kannikar said.Watchara said his party was worried about a few incidents that should not have happened.

Provincial police were rounding up high-school students for displaying banners opposing the state of emergency, and authorities had picked on activists who tried to wrap red cloth around the road sign marking the Rajprasong intersection, the disbanded rally site, he said. The police were quick to lay charges related to violations of the emergency in lieu of lesser offences, he said. Watchara said his party viewed the state of emergency as incompatible with the government's efforts to bring about reconciliation."

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/...y-30134465.html

It has become apparent over the past year that this man Abhisit is a tool of the army and the Amart and is far worse in tolerating both corruption and political repression than Thaksin ever was or even tried to be. Have you noticed that most of the expats except for Gay Grampa, who is a world of his own, who used to try to defend Abhisit have suddenly grown totally silent as the truth emerges.

The man is worse than Hamlet:

"The government will urgently consider lifting the emergency decree in Bangkok and 15 other provinces quickly, Prime Minster Abhisit Vejjajiva said during his weekly broadcast on Sunday.

"National Reform Committee chairman and former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun wants the state of emergency to be revoked quickly, as the decree is no longer necessary and it is also obstructing the reconciliation process. "The government is not being passive and the revocation is made progressively," the premier said.

He said the emergency law could be lifted immediately without having to wait for the cabinet's approval once the government received a direct signal from Deputy Prime Minister overseeing security Suthep Thaugsuban. However, Mr Abhisit said, the decree could not be lifted in the remaining provinces all at once."

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/18...decree-urgently