A place of meaning again. For our fight and to show that democracy is what we all truly want. Its not a violent protest nor does it cause harm to anyone weve come here peacefully. Earlier scuffles broke out between protesters and supporters of the monarchy thailands royal family is backed by the military and still enjoys support from many but the king is less popular than his father who died in 2016. On tuesday during commemorations of the death of the former monarch the kings motorcade was met with chants and the 3 finger salute the gesture has become a prodemocracy symbol borrowed from the hunger games film series about a dystopian totalitarian regime. Demanding a reform of the monarchy would have been unheard of just a few years ago but many now question the kings extravagant lifestyle he has been absent for most of the Coronavirus Crisis spending months in a german alpine retreat. With an entourage of 20 women criticizing the royals has been off limits in thailand due to harsh defa