Special Report: Thaksin given ultimatum to resign within 48 hour

    BANGKOK, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Demonstrators against Thai caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra campaigned in front of the headquarters the Election Commission of Thailand (EC) in Bangkok Wednesday morning, calling for the election watchdog to cancel the April 2 snap election, the Thai News Agency reported.

    Thaksin's opponents, led by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), rallied at the National Stadium before moving to the EC's headquarters.

    Alleging that the forthcoming general election would be non-transparent as only Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) Party and a few minor political parties contest in the early poll, the PAD-led demonstrators called for the EC to cancel the election.

    During the PAD's rally in front of EC's headquarters, a group of people calling themselves the "People's Power for Thailand" also gathered in the area calling for the anti-Thaksin demonstrators to end their rallies, saying that the continuing demonstrations are damaging the peaceful society and the national economy. Enditem