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 have moved only one step forward, how could we retreat? To solve this crisis, the prime minister must resign.
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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 are here to help each other to try to find a solution for our country, because our Prime Minister has a lack of morality.
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Our priority must be how this (resignation) benefits the country.
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Our unit will seize this area to keep the rally going around the clock.
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Our rally will persist until the prime minister quits.
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I will continue protesting until he is out of office.
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We are not stubborn and we are the people. Our priority must be how this benefits the country.
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We have not decided whether we will move anywhere else. It depends on the majority.
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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 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 will sleep here. We 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.