At 13.00., the Center for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) informed the press on the outcome of the meeting of the CAPO earlier in the day, gist as follows:

1. Following the invitation of the CAPO to Permanent Secretaries of all government agencies on 17 April, today, the CAPO has issued a letter to Heads of all agencies to inform agreements from the meeting. The CAPO also instructed all agencies to proceed with legal actions against the protesters that blockaded government agencies premises and to avoid welcoming the protesters as it could be considered a support for the demonstrations. The CAPO with cooperation with various agencies, has successfully reopened 70 government agencies while 37 cases regarding the blockading of government agencies premises have been filed.

2. The CAPO has received a report from the Metropolitan Police and Provincial Police regional commands regarding the legal proceedings against the election obstructions. So far, there are 191 cases involving election obstructions (51 cases in Bangkok and 140 cases in other provinces) and 180 cases involving the failure of electoral officers to perform their duties (66 cases in Bangkok and 114 cases in other provinces). 203 person already faced arrest warrants. 258 person have been brought to justice.

3. In order to keep the public informed, the CAPO has instructed the Department of Public Relations or the NBT and the MCOT channel 9 to broadcast the discussion regarding the new Members of Parliament Election between the Election Commission (EC) and political parties that will be held on 22 April 2014. The CAPO considers that the election is the heart of democracy which will bring peace and order to the country.