April 3, 2009
Bangkok (ASTV Manager Online) – Fugitive and former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will give his speech via video link at 8:00 pm to update his supporters on Thailand’s current situation.
Natthawut Saikua, leader of the Democratic Alliance Against Dictatorship (DAAD), said the then-premier would certainly deliver his speech after the two-day break.
Thaksin is going to talk about Thailand’s political situation, economic problem solving and the red shirts’ mass rally on April 8.
About 200,000-300,000 people are expected to join the rally.
Thaksin’s spokesman Pongthep Thepkanchana said Thaksin was ready to hold talks with Deputy PM Suthep Thaugsuban, according to The Nation newspaper.
Suthep earlier proposed to hold talks between the government and Thaksin in a bid to end the one-week rally at the Government House.
The government insisted that it would not use violence against the DAAD protesters to bring peace back to the Thai society.
