Thai protestors are preparing to end their three-month occupation of the Prime Minister's office.
They plan to consolidate their grip on the main airport ahead of a court verdict that could dissolve the elected government.
Leaders of the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) said they would invite neutral observers into the Government House compound, which they overran in late August, prior to a hoped-for handover tomorrow.
'We want to show the authorities that the damage wasn't 100-200m baht (€4.4m) as claimed by the government,' PAD spokesman Suriyasai Katasila said. 'If everybody is happy, we may hold a returning ceremony tomorrow.'
PAD supporters streamed from the central Bangkok site to Suvarnabhumi airport, suggesting it is merely shifting its focus rather than giving up. Government House site was hit by several grenades in the past two weeks, killing one and wounding dozens.
The yellow-shirted demonstrators are trying to topple Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, whom they accuse of being a pawn for his brother-in-law, former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. Mr Thaksin was ousted in a 2006 coup and is now in exile.
Mr Somchai continues to insist he will not go.
'I will not quit and I will not dissolve parliament,' he told reporters in the northern city of Chiang Mai.
Tomorrow will also see the outcome of a vote fraud case that could deliver a crippling blow to the six-party coalition government.
The Constitutional Court has moved speedily to hear the case and is expected to order the disbanding of Mr Somchai's People Power Party (PPP) and two coalition partners.
If it does, he and other leaders will be barred from politics and many cabinet ministers will have to step down.
The PPP's dissolution, however, will not necessarily mean a snap election as many MPs will simply switch to a new party.
There was some cheer today for the tens of thousands of tourists affected by the airport closures when PAD officials said they would allow 88 aircraft stuck at Suvarnabhumi to leave.
The planes will be able to pick up passengers from airports outside Bangkok.
There are an estimated 250 Irish citizens in Thailand at the moment, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Thousands of travellers, including Irish nationals, have been stranded since anti-government groups took over two airports last week.
The Department of Foreign Affairs is asking Irish tourists in Thailand to register with their website at www.dfa.ie.
Extra staff have been sent from the Irish Embassy in Kuala Lumpur to provide assistance and the DFA says that it is monitoring developments.
