Thai prime minister steadfast, protests continuing

By: wisekwai

Bangkok : Thailand | about 1 year ago

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"Don't even think I am going to quit," Thai Prime Minister Samak SundaravejSamak Sundaravej said in a radio address this morning, as quoted by the Bangkok Post. "The country needs a leader, and the world is watching us."

His statement quashes rumors the day before that the embattled premier was set to resign and dissolve Parliament.

Despite the declaration of a state of emergency, anti-government protests calling for Samak's ouster have continued.

In charge of enforcing the emergency decree, Royal Thai Army chief General Anupong Paochinda has vowed to not use force against the protesters. So the numbers of protesters who have taken over the grounds of Government House have swelled.

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