The People's Alliance for Democracy ends the first day by reading a statement at midnight that the rally will go on until Thaksin agrees to resing.

The PAD announces that the rally on the second day will be bigger as more people are expected to join.

The PAD urges working people to join the rally after work.

0:03 am: Apichart Damdee, a popular talk-show entertainer, reads a poem in criticising of Thaksin.

0:31 am: Sarocha Pornudomsak goes up on stage. She criticises state-owned TVs for not giving fair reports of anti-Thaksin rallies.

0:39 am: Sarocha greets foreign media in English and thanks them for reporting the rally.

Soracha also asks the protesters to shout "Get out" in English after she shouts "Thaksin".

0:40 am: An announcer urges the people to monitor news from the PAD closely.

2:00 am: Demonstrators start returning home. Reporters estimate less than 10,000 remain at Sanam Luang.

4:00 am: Chamlong Srimuang, former Palang Dharma Party leader, returns to the stage and tells the crowds that they may have spend another night at the rally site. "I don't know how many nights we will have to remain here but we will go on rallying until the prime minister resigns."

Followers of the Santi Asoke Buddhist sect wake up and start cleaning the rally ground. They spend two hours to clean up the area.

4:58 am: A spokesman of the People's Alliance for Democracy tells a news talk show programme on Channel 3 that about 20,000 people remain at the rally site.

5:40 am: Chamlong walks around to greet demonstrators who remain there.

6:00 am: Sondhi goes up on the stage and lead the demonstrators to exercise for five minutes. He then spends about half an hour to attack Thaksin.

Sondhi asks people who have to work to resume their work but come back to join the rally in the evening. He says the number of people will be much higher when people from provinces arrive.

6:30 am: Chaiwat Sinsuwong, a former Palang Dharma Party leader, goes up on the stage to attack Thaksin.

9:00 am: Sarocha and two speakers tell demonstrators not to be angry against TV reporters who misinform audience of the number of protesters.

ASTV halts live broadcast of the rally for the day and resumes studio programme. The satellite station will resume live broadcast of rally at 3 pm when key speakers will resume their attack against Thaksin on the stage.

The rally organiser stops using amplifier system. Phra Photirak, the leader of the Santi Asoke sect, gives sermon to his followers.

11:00 am: Metropolitan Police commissioner Pol Lt Gen Wiroj Chantharangsi holds a meeting of senior officers up from commander posts to discuss security measures for Sanam Luang.

11:30 am: Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Chidchai Vanasatidya expresses confidence that the rally will remain peaceful although demonstrators will stay put at Sanam Luang for indefinite days.

1:30 pm: Caretaker Agriculture Minister Sudarat Keyuraphan says Prime Minister Thaksin will hold a press conference at 4 pm about the party's stand on the opposition's call on for the Thai Rak Thai to sign a pact to promise charter reform.

She says the Thai Rak Thai's stand is similar to the call of other parties.

3:48 pm: Nation News Agency reports that the Democrat has completes a draft which seeks to set up a national constitution drafting committee with seven members. The committee would be empowered to draft a new charter in six months and submit it to be approved by MPs and senators.

4:00 pm: Thaksin tells a press conference about his party's stand on drafting a new charter. He says the Thai Rak Thai agrees to amend Article 313 as proposed by the Democrat. He says the new charter can be drafted by either a neutral committee or a people's assembly. The Thai Rak Thai wants the draft constitution will be subject to a national referendum and wants all political parties to ratify the new draft constitution.

Thaksin says all political parties will meet at Rook 309 of Parliament Building to discuss the details of how to implement the charter amendment at 6 pm.

Article 313 spells out how the Constitution could be amended. Currently, the people cannot take part in charter amendments. The Democrat proposes amending Article 313 to allow people's participation in the amendments.

Some 4,700 policemen from the Metropolitan Police Bureau are deployed to keep law and order at Sanam Luang.

4:20 pm: Democrat secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban denies rumours that he has met Thaksin and was lobbied by the prime minister to cancel the Democrat's plan to boycott election. Speaking to ASTV, Suthep says he has never met Thaksin for a long time.

4:30 pm: Leading members of Democrat, Chat Thai and Mahachon parties hold a meeting at Parliament to discuss Thaksin's proposal on how to amend the Constitution.

4:40 pm: iTV submits a letter of complaint to the Broadcast Journalist Association of Thailand about the case that its TV crew were besieged and intimidated by protesters at Sanam Luang Sunday night. The station asks the association provide protection for reporters who are doing their duty.

5:00 pm: The Hyde Park at Sanam Luang resumes. Two announcers, Samran Rodphet and Suwit Watnoo, tell the demonstrator that they have reviewed tape of iTV and found that the station did not report the number of protesters Sunday night. They apologise iTV reporter Thapanee Iadsrichai for the misunderstanding and intimidation against her and her crew by demonstrators Sunday night.

5:40 pm: The opposition coalition announces the boycott of the election. Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva tells the press conference that the Democrat, Chat Thai and Mahachon will not meet Thaksin at 6 pm. He says the three parties will not field candidates in the election because Thaksin tried to distort the spirit of real political reform proposed by the three parties. Abhisit says Thaksin's counter-proposal would run against the principle of political reform and would complicate the reform.

5:45 pm: Thaksin says "I've done my best" when he learns of the opposition's decision to boycott the election and refusal to attend a meeting with him.

6:00 pm: Thaksin holds a meeting with small parties at Parliament.

6:30 pm: Nimit Thian-udom, director of Access to AIDs, speaks on the stage, urging more people to join the rally. The number of protesters is estimated at about 10,000. Nimit says Thaksin's plan to sign a free trade agreement with the United States will affect poor people.

6:53 pm: Suwit Watnoo, an announcer, tells the crowds the opposition has boycotted the election.

Samran Rodphet, another announcer, urges the demonstrators to boycott the election.

Nation News Agency reports that Snoh Thienthong, leader of the Wang Nam Yen faction, will address the protesters at 8 pm.

6:55 pm: Torphong Senanon, secretary-general of the Association of the Blind in Thailand, appears on stage. He says the Government Lottery Office should be called Thaksin's Assets Office because it generates money for Thaksin to spend at will.

7:20 pm: Sirichai Mai-ngam, the president of Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand Union, says Thaksin opens up the country to be bought up by foreign investors, and workers will be robbed of their social security and will become second-class citizens under the rule of foreign investors.

Thaksin gives interview to reporters after a meeting with small parties that the Thai Rak Thai will go on "carrying out our duty". He says although the Chat Thai, Democrat and Mahachon would boycott the election, there are 10 other small parties, which will participate in the election.

7:30 pm: Samran Rodphet, an announcer, tells the crowds the people start gathering to watch live broadcast of the Sanam Luang rally in several provinces, including, Phetchabun and Lampang.

7:56 pm: Field reporters estimate the number of protesters at a little bit over 10,000.

8:11 pm: Chaiwat Sinsuwong, former Palang Dharma Party leader, addresses the protesters. He announces that the organiser gathered over Bt300,000 in donations on Sunday.

8:40 pm: Police Commissioner General Gen Kowit Watana visits the rally site. He says it is common duty of police to provide safety for the protesters.

9:00 pm: Former Thai Rak Thai MP, Sanoh Thienthong, takes the stage with Pramual Rojanaseri. He says today is a historic day and he has opportunity to stand before such a large crowd. He asks the crowd if they want to learn of Thaksin's background. The crowd cheer, "yes."

Sanoh apologises the crowd for supporting Thaksin in the past. "I regret that I had supported a wrong person. Now I am well aware that he is the one who has corrupted throughout his term," Sanoh said.

Sanoh says he had warned Thaksin that the country has been in dilemma because of his administration, but Thaksin never listened to. Sanoh even gave the warnings to Thaksin's aides, but to no avail.

9:57 pm: Social critic Sulak Sivalak says Thaksin is serving his own wife. Sulak says Pojaman Shinawatra, Thaksin's wife is worse than Imelda Marcos.

10:03 pm: Amarin Khoman, a social critic, goes up on stage. Amarin likens the anti-Thaksin rally to the pro-democracy rally in Philippines against then president Marcos 20 years ago.

Amarin blames Thaksin for the deaths of thousands of drug suspects.

He faults Thaksin for thousands of deaths of people by tsunami. He says if Thaksin was an effective minister, the deaths could have been prevented. Amarin says Indonesia declined to warn Thailand because Thaksin failed in foreign policy and infuriated Indonesia by accusing it of supporting terrorists in the deep South.

Amarin tries to urge people to march to Government House to oust Thaksin.

10:22 pm: Suwit, an announcer, says the five leading members of the People's Alliance for Democracy will issue a statement before midnight.

10:39 pm: An announcer says former student activists, who have fought against dictatorial regimes in the past, are now gathering at the back of the stage.

10:41 pm: Senator Nirand Pithakwatchara says Thaksin creates a monopoly economic system of to benefit only a handful of businessmen.

He says the last straw which makes people to uproar against Thaksin is the sale of Shin Corp without paying taxes.

He says Thaksin worsens the situation in the deep South by using violence to try to tackle problems there.

10:59 pm: The Rural Doctors Society issues a statement saying Thaksin has lost legitimacy to rule.

11:09 pm: The crowds cheer and applaud when Wutthipong Piapjariyawat announces that former interior minister Purachai Piumsomboon joins the anti-Thaksin coalition and has come to the back of the stage.

11:10 pm: Unconfirmed reports has it that the demonstrators may soon move to the Democracy Monument to announce a deadline for Thaksin to resign.

11:17 pm: An announcer says Sondhi will make a very important announcement after a concert by Nga Kharawan.

Sources say the march would begin at 11:30 pm and the leaders would demand Thaksin to resign within five days.

11:37 pm: Sondhi goes up on the stage. Sondhi says the PAD has set the ending day for Thaksin.

Sondhis announces the people will move to Democracy Monument. People cheer.

Sondhi asks the people to promise not to damage any government property, including the Government Lottery Office.

He says the demonstrators will move to the monument to announce that the people will give Thaksin five days to resign.

Sondhi says ASTV will not be broadcast live to provinces on March 5 because he wants all provincial people to descend on Bangkok to oust Thaksin.

"March 5 will be the day to check bill against Thaksin," Sondhi says. People cheer.

People applaud to promise to march peacefully to Democracy Monument. The demonstrators give another big applause to promise they will come to rally on March 5 to oust Thaksin.

"Don't miss a chance to be part of the history to rebuild the country which has been damaged by Thaksin," Sondhi says.

11:51 pm: Suwit, an announcer, tells the crowds about details how the march will be organised.

11:52 pm: The people start to make formation for the march.

11:54 pm: The PAD makes a statement on stage while the demonstrators are making formation for the march.

The announcer says the PAD cannot allow Thaksin to go making damages to the country so it sets a deadline for Thaksin to leave office.