Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban has set Friday as the date to kick-off another major attempt to unseat caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Suthep Thaugsuban has urged protesters to join a mass rally on Friday and Saturday to unseat caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. (Photo by Pornprom Satrabhaya)
He called the two-day push to oust Ms Yingluck in a speech to People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) supporters at his Pathumwan rally site on Wednesday.
''We will gather to announce that we love Thailand,'' he said.
The PDRC is staging rallies at Pathumwan, Asok, Ratchaprasong, Lumpini and the Chaeng Wattana Government Complex.
The caretaker government is under pressure from anti-government demonstrators who have been rallying since October and also from disgruntled farmers protesting to demand outstanding payments under the rice-pledging scheme.
Caretaker Commerce Minister Niwatthamrong Bunsongphaisan said after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday that 120 billion baht is still needed to pay farmers who have sold rice into the scheme since November.
Mr Suthep claimed that with Ms Yingluck still administering the country, farmers will never receive their money, since a caretaker government is not allowed to create financial burdens for its successor.
He said PDRC rallies last Friday and Monday bagged almost 24 million baht to help farmers in their campaign to secure rice payments from the caretaker government, including one million baht in cash from a donor who requested anonymity.