The Metropolitan Police commander on Saturday handed over authority's orders banning protesters from occupying roads around the Government House to nationalistic " yellow-shirt" leaders.

Pol Maj Gen Wichai Sangprapai, Commander of Metropolitan Police Division 1, handed over two orders of the Centre for Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO), a special security body set to handle protests, to leaders of the "yellow-shirt" People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) at the Makkhawan Rangsan bridge, not far from the Government House compound.

Maj Gen Chamlong Srimuang, PAD co-leader, signed his name to officially accept the CAPO orders.

Chamlong said "yellow-shirt" co-leaders will meet at 4 p.m. local time Saturday to discuss ways to counter attack the government.

The CAPO on Thursday issued two orders banning people and vehicles from using roads around the Government House and the parliament.

The CAPO was re-established after the cabinet approved the imposition of Chapter 2 of the Internal Security Act in seven districts of Bangkok from Feb. 9-23. The chapter allows the CAPO to prohibit protesters from gathering in the area where the law was imposed.

The first order prohibits people and vehicles from using sections of Phitsanulok, Nakhon Pathom, Rama V, Luk Luang and Krung Kasem roads, and Ratchadamnoen Nok avenue between Suan Misakawan and Makkhawan intersections.

The second order prohibits use of sections of Pichai, Ratchathewi and Uthong Nai roads.

The roads mentioned in the two orders run around the Government House and the parliament.

The PAD protesters have been occupying roads around the Government House since Jan. 25. They demanded the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down after he failed to meet PAD's demands on disputed Thai-Cambodia border area.