The United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship is the rival of the anti-government People’s Alliance for Democracy, which has occupied the grounds of the prime minister’s office since Aug. 26.

“We gathered today to show that the majority of this country objects to these rebels trampling on Thailand’s democracy,” said Veera Musigapong, one of the leaders of the United Front. “We want to show that they are destroying the country in the name of the Thai public.”

Veera was a deputy leader of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s party. The People’s Alliance is demanding the resignation of all leaders linked to Thaksin, a former telecommunications billionaire who was ousted by a 2006 military coup for alleged corruption and misuse of power.

Current Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat is Thaksin’s brother-in-law.

The United Front plans to continue its rally until Tuesday at a field less than a mile (about a kilometer) from the prime minister’s office occupied by the People’s Alliance, but Veera said the group would not march in the streets.

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