Gatherings banned around Govt House amid P-Move protest

Gatherings banned around Govt House amid P-Move protest
Gatherings banned around Govt House amid P-Move protest
P – Move protesters congregate on October 5 near Government House. ( Image: Chanat Katanyu)

As the People’s Movement for a Just Society ( P-MOVE) outside of parliament enters its second week, police have outlawed all public gatherings within 50 meters of Government House until Wednesday.

No meetings may be permitted near Government House to avoid disrupting the cabinet meeting on Tuesday, according to an statement made by Pol Lt. Gen. Thiti Saengsawang, commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, on Saturday.

Officers will block access to Ratchadamnoen Nok Avenue, which runs from Makawan Rangsan Bridge to the Misakawan intersection, as well as Phitsanulok Road between the House and Phanichayakarn Road, according to a source in the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration( BMA ).

The action is being taken as P – Move’s protest, which started on October 2, shows no signs of slowing down. To demand that the Pheu Thai-led state keep the commitments it made to the party in February, they have set up camp outside Government House.

The team’s nine requirements, which include giving rural populations more say in the management of local sources, fair and equal treatment for marginalized communities in property issues, and universal basic income, were taken into consideration by the state, according to the party.

The party moved their dissent from the UN’s Thailand business to the doors of Government House on October 4.

In response, Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai announced that Capt. Thammanat Prompow, the Minister of Agriculture, had been given the task of negotiating with P – Move. This year, the agriculture minister may present a report to the cupboard, he said.