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Thailand's red shirt rebels offer ceasefire in return for quick election

23.04.10

Anti-government demonstrators offered to call off protests that have crippled the Thai capital for six weeks, holding out the prospect of a peaceful solution to the country's protracted crisis.

The leader of the red-shirt protesters, Veera Musikapong, proffered the olive branch if the government agreed to dissolve parliament in 30 days, with elections to be held in three months.

"If the government accepts and is open to the talks, we are ready to disperse to restore peace in the country. But the government has to stop threatening people and show responsibility for what has happened," Veera said.

The offer to the government is understood to be an implicit demand that the red-shirt protest sites are not attacked during negotiations, and that a full, independent inquiry is held into the violence that has left dozens of civilians dead.

Previously, the red shirts demanded immediate dissolution of parliament, and for the prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, to leave the country. Abhisit had offered to hold elections by the end of the year but the offer was rejected.

Source: The Guardian

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