Wichit Plangsrisakul said yesterday he learned the PAD would hold a "Be United to Topple the Thaksin Regime" rally in Prachuap Khiri Khan on Sunday. The EC and its provincial officials should keep a close eye on the rally as it was likely to violate the law by mobilising people and damaging the reputation of the party, its candidates and its leader, he claimed.

Meanwhile, caretaker Interior Minister Kongsak Wantana said yesterday he was sorry to cause any misunderstanding by saying on Monday that the government was preparing to invoke the election law to punish the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) if it holds an anti-Thaksin rally during the lead-up to the new election.

He said he didn't mean any particular group but wanted government officers to exercise the law to prevent any violence that might happen due to people's different political opinions.

Kesinee Jaikawang,

Kornchanok Raksaseri

The Nation