<div>The pro-government United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) or red-shirt protesters have rallied since Saturday on Aksa Road on the western outskirts of Bangkok, vowing to protect the government against an upcoming charter court ruling that could see caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra toppled within weeks.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The red shirts’ 3-day-long rally also aimed to counter the anti-government protesters who have been protesting for five months. </div>

<div>Dear fellow Thai citizens,</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Are you fed up with and hopeless about politics yet?</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>I wouldn't be surprised if you feel despair and smell political hatred in the air.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On Monday the group of six independent organisations gave both caretaker PM Yingluck Shinawatra and anti-government People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) leader Suthep Thaugsuban seven days to nominate 10 possible mediators to facilitate negotiations to end the prolonged political impasse. </div>