The PDRC’s goal is to eliminate the so-called “Thaksin regime” which roughly means a political system and country manipulated and administered by and for self-exiled former PM Thaksin Shinawatra. Although Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, younger sister of Thaksin, on Monday called for a House dissolution and fresh elections, this has not satisfied the protesters since they all know that the Thaksin’s party will be re-elected with more than half of the Lower House’s seats. The PDRC, instead, proposed an appointed “People’s Council” and appointed “intermediary Prime Minister” to reform laws and administer the country without elections for a few years. This Council, according to the PDRC, would reform the country in order to cleanse it from corrupt politicians and the Thaksin regime. 

 

Suthep also plans to meet seven leading private sector organizations, who previously voiced their concerns over the situation and called for a peaceful democratic solution to the current conflict.

 

The seven organizations comprise the Thai Chamber of Commerce, the Federation of Thai Industries, the Thai Bankers’ Association, the Tourism Council of Thailand, the Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations, the Stock Exchange of Thailand, and the Thai Listed Companies Association. 

 

The protest leader said the meetings are not only to clarify the movement’s proposals, but also to exchange views and collect recommendations from various sectors, adding that none of the meetings are meant to pressure the armed forces or the private sector and that all the meetings will take place before 8 pm on Thursday.