The information is not worth much, given the propensity to local uproar.
Still, my school, located 50m from the PAD barricades installed around Government House has been evacuated around 15:00. The rumor is that the army is poised to intervene.
For now, I had no other information that could confirm that. The fact is that much of school children have a parent member, a large installed base is nearby. They are the ones who have passed the information.
It is cheap.
But if I had the scoop ...
In any case, I make a cross on my weekend in Vietnam, intervention or not, I do not see how things can return to normal by tomorrow noon.
For the rest, everything seems normal in Bangkok, I have to cross to get home.
The World is good summaries of the situation:
Updates:
Thursday 17:45: Still nothing. Apart from a frenzy of speculation, which seems surprising even local newspapers. It speaks of "secret ultimatum" from the army for midnight tonight. We talk about pro-government protesters who try to get together and cons attack.
Rumours Rumours ...
Thursday 8:45 p.m. : Well, er ... nothing. Rumors continue to run. When everyone is aware of something before it happens, I tend not to believe it. The latest news is that the tangible government, meeting in Chiang Mai (showing awesome courage) ruled the 3 zones of events (around the 2 Airport and Government House) as being in "State of Emergency". Paving the way for police intervention. Protesters prepare for confrontation. It may very well not happen. In a burst of optimism, they passed the word to prepare a change of clothes (not yellow, the color chosen for their movement) to blend into the crowd.
Friday 8:30 : Nothing happened that night. Tension mounts, rumors continue to run but the two sides remain in their positions. An interesting forum this morning in "The Bangkok Post " which parallels the severity of acts of the PAD and the government's ineptitude. For even if the methods are wrong and the PSA are the country in an untenable position, the egocentrism Prime Minister (attached to his position he could transfer to a less controversial colleague) just adds fuel to the fire.
As a precaution, many offices were given leave to their employees today. Long weekend! Yippee!
3:00 p.m. Friday: It sounds like a poker game played by two poor lovers. The PAD is all about not much, and the Prime Minister who put small player (in his last press conference last night he talked about his trip to Peru, the proposed new street cleaning but not this he will do to solve the problem). Meanwhile tens of thousands of people remain trapped.
For the trouble, I'll go shopping. Got to
For the trouble, I'll go shopping. Got to
s'occupper.
Saturday midnight : Still nothing, other than statements laughable. I'm going to sleep. Tomorrow we go to a "fair" Charity, I hope to take this opportunity to talk about lighter topics.
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