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...
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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.
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I will continue protesting until he is out of office.
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I want to reaffirm that after the election, we will stage protracted protests until the prime minister resigns.
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We will sleep here. We won't go anywhere.
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We will be here until the job gets done.
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This unit is specially trained. Eat less, use less. They will sleep here tonight. They won't go anywhere.
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We don't want violence. But if it happens, it will be caused by government officials and the government will lose.
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This is a way of compromise that we must call for because Thailand does not have enough money to hold several rounds of elections.
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I believe that if the prime minister resigns, it will unify society. It is the only way out.
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We want to inform the young men and women there about our reasons for rallying and to request a royally appointed prime minister.
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We have said for a long time that if the premier made this announcement we would stop. We are not stubborn, we have the interest of the country in mind.
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We have moved only one step forward, how could we retreat? To solve this crisis, the prime minister must resign.
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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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If we use violence, it is our fellow Thais who will die.