No Emergency Decree

"We have not seen government efforts to communicate with the PAD. Since there is no clarity, they will make a move, especially after two bomb attacks that injured PAD members,'' he said.

Agriculture Minister Somsak Prissanananthakul and former Thai Rak Thai Party leader Chaturon Chaisang urged Chai to change the venue of the House meeting or postpone it to avoid a clash that could lead to a coup.

Government spokesman Nattawut Saikua said he had called Somchai, who had insisted that the government would not resort to an emergency decree to control the situation. He said there would be no violence because the government had no intention of cracking down on the protesters.