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Thai PM: Scattering blood not to show blood derived from violence
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-03-16 14:03
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BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Tuesday said scattering blood can not symbolize that the blood is derived from violence and does come from the state, Thailand's Army Channel 5 reported.
Abhisit was responding to the anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) people, who have been donating blood, which will be used to pour around the Government House later the day in a bid to pressure for a House dissolution.
Abhisit was talking to reporters at the 11th Infantry Regiment in Bangkok, where the Peace-keeping Operations Command is located.
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He has also reiterated the House dissolution is currently not the best solution to the country's political conflict.
The coalition government will also have to listen to the view of the other Thai people across the nation prior to making any political decision, the prime minister said.
Meanwhile, the Thai government is ready to listen to the opinion and red-shirted proposals, he said.
But, there must not be threatening demand, Prime Minister Abhisit said.
UDD core leader Veera Musigkapong is a reasonable person, said Abhisit, adding that "I am willing to exchange a political view with him."
Nattawut Saikua, one of the red-shirts leaders, announced Monday afternoon that the blood will be taken from 100,000 protesters, including the red-shirts leaders, and will be scattered around the Government House as a measure to step up pressure on the government during their mass rally.
The blood scattering will be a symbolic action, making the cabinet ministers have to walk over the protestors' blood when they enter the Government House to work, Nattawut said.
The prime minister said he is still performing his duty as normal and is going to the North in a bid to solve the draught problem there.
