"I am just asking for traffic lanes and not a stop to protesting and airing opposition views," he said.
Abhisit said the PAD was obliged to choose between keeping its rally site near Government House without disrupting traffic and relocating its protest to another area which would not cause publlic inconveniences.
"Please think about the consequences if other protesting groups also want to close down other roads all day long as well," he said, hinting his government could not be lenient just for the PAD.
He said the PAD had no justification to block traffic since it could carry on protesting with traffic open.
Should the PAD refuse to yield traffic lanes, he said he would then suspect an ulterior motive other than making demands about the Thai-Cambodian border dispute.
He said he was uncertain what the true motive of the PAD was. Some PAD leaders initially called for the ousting of his government but they were unclear about the replacement administration. Some wanted a national unity government but appeared to lack a consensus.
In regard to the PAD's three demands on the border dispute, he said the recent border clashes proved him right that the cancellation of 2000 memorandum of understanding would serve the Cambodian strategy of paving way for the international intervention.
"I see only PAD leader Chamlong Srimuang and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen were in favour of the MOU cancellation," he said.
He said the second demand for pulling out of the Unesco would tantamout to allow the meddling of bilateral affairs between Thailand and Cambodia.
For the final demand to evict the Cambodian encroachment on Thai territory, he said he had already explained the sensitive nature of the issue to Parliament.
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