‘No more fake democracy,’ reads a sign at the demonstration. FMTNews
Pro-democracy students hold posters of a missing Thai activist during a protest at the Thammasat University.
The robust attendance comes after weeks of near-daily student-led protests denouncing Prayut’s military-aligned administration. The protest drew a diverse crowd from the LGBTQI community, young high schoolers and elderly pro-democracy supporters. Demonstrators regard former army chief Prayut, who led the 2014 coup, as a remnant of Thailand’s junta legacy as his premiership was ushered in under a military-scripted charter in last year’s poll.
“This is the right time to send our voices to the government to let them know that we’ve had enough,” said one university student, declining to be named.But army chief Apirat Kongsompong – an arch-royalist who in the past has angrily ranted about pro-democracy figures – called “hatred of the nation” an incurable disease.
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