Protesters will never win — Thailand Foreign Minister (caretaker)  Surapong Tovichakchaikul on Saturday said that anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban will never triumph over the government, and urged him to end the rallies completely, according to reports.

Mr Surapong’s comments came after thanking Mr Suthep for making the decision to end the “Bangkok Shutdown” campaign and to combine all the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) protest sites into one at Lumpini park, while dismantling all the other sites and clearing the blocked roads in Bangkok.

“If possible, I would like Mr Suthep to end the rallies entirely because the protest had continually been raised to higher levels but it had not succeeded, said Mr Suporn.

“Mr Suthep always changed the conditions and he still couldn’t defeat the government. If he continues fighting, he would do more harm to himself”.

Acting Thailand Foreign Minister Mr Surapong, who is also an adviser to the government’s Centre for Maintaining Peace and Order (CMPO), said just prior to a security meeting that he wanted to thank Mr Suthep for returning blocked traffic lanes and allowing businesses to return to normal, said a Bangkok Post report.

Mr Surapong also said the PDRC’s decision to end the Bangkok Shutdown was likely due to the declining number of protesters, and this was because of Mr Suthep’s “undemocratic” demands, he contended.

Mr Suthep has said the PDRC would continue to close down government offices and Shinawatra family businesses.

In a speech from a rally stage on Saturday, Mr Suthep repeatedly made jibes at “missing” Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and jokes about her “second capital” in Chiang Mai, said reports.

Thailand Foreign Minister, said the Bangkok Shutdown campaign had served its purpose and it was time for a new push to oust the “stubborn” caretaker government.

“If this was any other country in the world, we would have won by now,” he claimed.

Thailand protest leader declares end of Bangkok Shutdown: Suthep Thaugsuban, protest leader of the anti-government People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) group, on Friday declared an end to the Bangkok Shutdown campaign after Sunday, according to reports.

The announcement made from a rally stage came as a surprising and abrupt end to the six-week attempt to force the caretaker government of prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to resign.

But Mr Suthep made it clear that the fight to oust the government was far from over, as the protesters will dismantle all the current rally stages across the capital, clear blocked roads, and move all protest activities to one location at Lumpini Park in the heart of Bangkok, said a Bangkok Post report.

Of the original seven sites, only four protest stages remain - located at Silom Road, Pathumwan (MBK), Ratchaprasong (CentralWorld), and Asoke.

“The PDRC would like to return traffic lanes to our Bangkok brothers and sisters,” Mr Suthep told supporters at the Pathumwan intersection site Friday evening.

“My sincere apologies to all Bangkokians for the inconvenience. It’s just something we had to do.”

He said no one forced the PDRC to make the move, not even the “incompetent” caretaker government of Ms Yingluck and her deputy Chalerm Yubamrung.

“We decided to stop the ‘Bangkok Shutdown’ but we’ll continue to close down government offices and businesses of the Shinawatra family as usual and our fight will be more intense,” declared Mr Suthep.

He also said the protesters would help clean up the sites at Silom, Pathumwan, Ratchaprasong, and Asoke before moving to Lumpini Park on Monday.

He said the PDRC decided to move to Lumpini because many buildings and conference halls were located nearby where the group could hold meetings to exchange views from various sides.

In addition, the park would be “more comfortable” for protesters who travelled to Bangkok from the provinces and needed a place to camp overnight, said Mr Suthep.

“We will raise the level of our rallies after we return the roads to Bangkok people,” he said. “I personally hope the game will be over by March.

“I hope that after we return the roads to you, Bangkok people will rethink how important what we are doing is for the country and join us.”