It's time for House to dissolve : DAAD

The group said another newly formed government would still lack stability and that the military was interfering with the process.

DAAD leaders, including Wiphuthalaeng Pattanaphumthai, Veng Tojitrakarn, Prateep Ungsongtham Hata and Sant Hathirat, submitted the group's open letter to Deputy Government Spokeswoman Suparat Nakbunnam.

The open letter said the country was in turmoil following the dissolution of three coalition political parties and that the military reportedly was behind the attempt to set up the next government, so the House should be dissolved.

The group supports former premier Thaksin Shinawatra and the disbanded People Power Party, which has been viewed as his proxy.

Speaking to a press conference at Government House, Wiphuthalaeng said House dissolution would be the best way-out from the current situation. He said the people should be allowed to decide from which side they wanted to form the next government.

In a related development, seven DAAD leaders were yesterday named as defendants in a criminal case filed by the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy.

In its lawsuit, the PAD accused the DAAD leaders of filing false information in their previous police complaint against PAD leaders. Last week, Veng's group asked acting police chief General Prateep Tanprasert to invoke the law on air transportation to take criminal action against 24 PAD leaders.

Sant said the PAD's occupation of Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports caused severe damage and disruption to the country's public travel and transport.