Opponents of Thai caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his administration, led by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), have agreed to end their rally at the Election Commission of Thailand (EC) headquarters on Friday morning.

The PAD-led demonstrators announced Thursday afternoon that they would disperse at 02:00 a.m. (1900 GMT Thursday) local time on Friday, the official Thai News Agency said.

The campaigners have besieged the election watchdog headquarters in Bangkok's Pathumwan area since Thursday morning after marching from nearby Siam Paragon Shopping Complex, Bangkok's newly-opened upscale shopping center, to pressure all election commissioners to resign en masse alleging them of failing to perform their duty to disqualify Thaksin and his Thai Rak Thai ( TRT) Party from running the April 2 general election.

The demonstrators accused the caretaker prime minister and his TRT Party of vote buying and promising favors in exchange for vote, which breaches the electoral law.

The opponents' move, however, failed as all the election commissioners had sneaked out of the building despite the demonstrators' demand to inspect all vehicles driving in and out of the building.

EC Chairman Vasana Puemlap told journalists that the election watchdog strictly observes its duty and has considered all complaints, explaining that the commissioners have to take time to examine and rule on the complaints.

PAD core members announced Wednesday night that the anti- government movement would temporarily end their mass demonstrations after marching from Siam Paragon to the Royal Thai Police and the EC headquarters Thursday morning to file charges against the caretaker prime minister.

The PAD core members announced that the coalition would resume demonstrations on April 7 at Royal Plaza and nearby Makhawan Bridge where neighbors the Government House.

Source: Xinhua