Thai soldiers fire at redshirt protesters in Bangkok. Peace may return to the capital with the acceptance of the prime minister's 'reconciliation roadmap' to a general election in November. Photograph: Eric Gaillard/ReutersThai Protesters To Stay Until Abhisit Unveils Dissolution Date -- Bloomberg Businessweek
May 5 (Bloomberg) -- Thai protesters plan to extend the siege in Bangkok’s commercial center until Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva announces a date for dissolving parliament after he proposed a Nov. 14 election.
Abhisit “needs to announce when he will dissolve the house,” Jatuporn Prompan told supporters last night from the main protest site in Bangkok. “When that is announced, leaders will discuss it and will decide when to end the protest.”
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