New Delhi, 14 March (Asiantribune.com): As thousands of protesters gathered in Bangkok, the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship on Sunday issued a formal statement from the main stage at Phan Fa bridge demanding that the government dissolve the House of Representatives within 24 hours or face mass street demonstrations.The statement, read by UDD leader Veera Musikhapong, said that since the Sept 19, 2006 coup that toppled the government of Thaksin Shinawatra, the country had been under a dictatorship. "We're asking the government to relinquish power and return it to the people," he said. Veera threatened that the group would spread their protests across the capital in coming days if their demands are not met. He said the present government was in fact a dictatorship under another name and the red-shirts did not believe it could be in the people's best interests.
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