 He added "We have our own democracy.We are all under His Majesty the King and people still have faith in the monarch.The military has a duty to protect the country, the religion and the King"

On Friday, a group of lecturers and students from Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon rallied briefly in front of the Army head office to call on their counterparts from Chulalongkorn and Thammasat universities not to be opposed to the coup leaders.