Sudchai Boonchai, a leading member of the Saturday People Against Dictatorship said his group and 12 ally groups would hold the rally at Sanam Luang that day despite pleas from many for all sides to remain calm following concern of His Majesty the King's over possible political crisis.

Suchai said his group would distribute 70,000 Jatukham talismans to draw people to join the rally.

He said if the Thai Rak Thai and Democrat parties are dissolved by the rulings, a political upheaval would definitely take place as the party's supporters would not accept the rulings.

"If the parties are dissolved and their executives are not allowed to form new parties, disturbances will take place and the situation will be uncontrollable," Sudchai said.

He said even if only the party leaders and certain executives and banned from politics, their supporters would not accept it and would definitely cause trouble.

He said supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra would think that the Council for National Security wanted to unfairly persecute Thaksin with such a ruling.

But Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont expressed confidence on Saturday there would be no disturbance on May 30 when the rulings in electoral fraud cases are announced.

Speaking during the Poed Ban Phitsanulok programme on Channel 11, Surayud said he believed not many people would come out to demonstrate on that day.

He said he had talked to both rural people and Bangkokians and found out that they would accept the judgement without causing trouble.

"I believe some will definitely be dissatisfied and will come out to express their dissatisfaction but their number will not reach one hundred thousand," Surayud said.

He said the government would be able to control the situation because the International Security Operations Command had been working closely with the Royal Thai Police to make preparations for handling the situation on May 30.

Also on Saturday, Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva poposed a joint meeting of the government, CNS and political parties after May 30.

Abhisit said all sides should come together after rulings on the electoral fraud cases on May 30 and discuss how to make the next election clean and fair.

He said political trouble could be averted by leading the country back to democracy so all sides must discuss how to bring the country back to democracy.

He said if political parties reach an agreement during the meetings, their supporters would also accept the agreement and would not try to cause trouble.

The Nation