By CNN Wire staff
April 14, 2010
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Anti-government protesters planned to rally again Wednesday, after taking a day off to celebrate the Thai New Year.
Natthawut Saikuea, a leader with the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship, said protesters may march to the Army's 11th infantry regiment headquarters -- where Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has been staying.
The anti-government protesters have been demanding for days that Abhisit dissolve the lower house of the parliament and call new elections.
On Tuesday, the demonstrators who have camped out by the thousands at a major downtown intersection celebrated the first day of the three-day Thai New Year's holiday Songkran by throwing water at each other. The act is a ritualistic gesture meant to cleanse one another for the new year.
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