Protests that began on university campuses have drawn increasing numbers of older people. That includes “red shirt” followers of ousted populist Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra who had clashed for years with pro-establishment “yellow shirts” before Prayuth seized power in 2014. “The new generation is achieving what their parents and grandparents didn’t dare. I’m very proud of that,” said Somporn Outsa, 50, a red shirt veteran. “We still respect the monarchy, but it should be under the constitution.” Protesters say the constitution gives the king too much power and that it was engineered to allow Prayuth to keep power after elections last year. He says that vote was fair. The next protest is scheduled for Thursday. Protest leaders called on Thais to take Oct. 14 off work to show their support for change. Slideshow ( 5 images ) Other measures they sought for were for people to withdraw deposits from Siam Commercial Bank, in which the king’s Crown Property Bureau owns more than 23% of the shares, and to stop standing for the royal anthem in cinemas. Additional reporting by Panarat Thepgumpanat; Editing by Chris Reese, William Mallard and Alex Richardson