Anti-govt Reds reject offer of talks with Thai PM
March 20, 2010 00:00:00
BANGKOK, Mar 19 (AFP): Anti-government protesters Friday rejected a conditional offer of talks by Thailand's premier, saying they would not give up their struggle until they had toppled his administration.
The "Red Shirts" rallied for a sixth day in support of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra with leaders of the dwindling Bangkok protest vowing there would be no negotiations until the dissolution of the lower house.
"I am willing to talk but it should not be under this climate of intimidation," Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said in an interview on an army-run national television channel.
But leaders of the largely rural-based Red Shirts said they would hound Abhisit until he bows to their demands, beseeching supporters at the rally to remain and calling for a class war.