Students call on govt and PAD to quit

According to the statement, students from NIDA's School of Social and Environmental Development are worried that there will be a repeat of the bloody October 14, 1973, and May, 1992 uprisings, and want the government to withdraw all police officers and do the responsible thing by resigning.

The statement also said the PAD should stop rallying after the government resigns, and has called on the media to report the news in a moral and balanced manner.

However, students from the two universities issued a statement condemning the PAD, saying that their protest was destroying democracy and that peaceful means were not being used.

All sides said they had issued the statements independently.