Anti-government protesters wearing white masks gather in Silom and persuade others to join in the evening rally at Sanam Luang.
The "Declaration of the White Maskers" group left the virtual world yesterday and showed up on Silom Road to persuade people to join them in Sanam Luang every evening until the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is ousted.
People wearing Guy Fawkes masks began their march from United Tower on Silom Road and started calling on citizens who were unhappy with this government to join their "Palang Thammatippatai" rally at Sanam Luang every evening.
The campaign, being held in collaboration with the "Youth Palang Thammatippatai" and "Woman Thailand", aims to reveal what it claims are the government's dubious schemes, such as the rice-pledging policy and its stance on territorial claims on the area surrounding the Preah Vihear Temple in Cambodia.
Somboon Subhannaphai said founders of the Palang Thammatip-patai group were once members of the now-defunct Communist Party of Thailand (CPT).
"I would like to join the campaign against parliamentary dictatorship and want the campaign to be widely reported in the media," said Pudith Suksawat, a former CPT member.
A woman from the "Woman Thailand" Facebook page who identified herself as Honey said her group was the one that started the "Declaration of the White Maskers" movement on Facebook. The idea of wearing Guy Fawkes masks came from the Hollywood film "V for Vendetta". The real Fawkes was executed in England in 1606 for his involvement in a plot to assassinate the king and restore a Catholic monarch to the throne.
"We will not stand for such dictatorial behaviour from the government. They control the media and keep citizens from the truth. You can see that there is no news about the people at Sanam Luang," she said.
Police dispersed the gathering on Silom.
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