BANGKOK, Feb. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- A southern branch of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) is due to bring its members to this weekend's rally at Royal Square in Bangkok to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Thai newspaper the Nation Wednesday said on its website.

    Ekachai Insaratha, the leader of the southern PAD, said his group had been organizing meetings in Phuket, Satun and Surat Thani Provinces to build alliances and explain to the public why Thaksin must go.

    The catchword "Yik Thaksin", meaning "Oust Thaksin", has spreadaround the organization, according to the report.

    So far around 10,000 people have agreed to come to Bangkok on public transport to prevent the government from hindering their access to the capital, Ekachai said.

    He said the group did not agree with the consumerist, populist policies of Thaksin's administration.

    Abdullohman Mukem, a student spokesman from the southern PrinceSongkhla University, said he and his peers had studied the issues and concluded that the government had lost legitimacy. Thaksin's main failure has been his inability to tackle the violence in the south, the student was quoted by the Nation.

    Tsunami victims in Phang-Nga Province will come to Bangkok withfive vans to join the anti-government rally. And some other tsunami victims said they would meet Thaksin to demand him to fulfill his promises to them, and if he failed to convince them, they would join the rally to oust him, said the report. Enditem