‘May all Thais come out to vote’: Record numbers expected at Thai polls
that have largely pitted conservative military-backed factions against a party that has won every single election in the last two decades.is fighting to return as premier as a nominee of the United Thai Nation Party .which headed the government ousted by his 2014 coup.
Ms Sariya Kanrayanamit, a voter in Bangkok, was upbeat about the changes that will come from this election. Pheu Thai has pitched its experience in economic rescues, dating back to the days when the government under its predecessor Thai Rak Thai party steered the kingdom to recovery after the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998.
Pheu Thai’s prime minister candidate Paetongtarn Shinawatra casting her ballot at a polling station in Bangkok on Sunday. ST PHOTO: STEPHANIE YEOWPheu Thai has declared it will not tie up with coup-makers to form a government. This rules out a much rumoured alliance with the Palang Pracharath Party, the leader of the ruling coalition now helmed by caretaker deputy prime minister Prawit Wongsuwan. Mr Prawit, also a former army chief, was part of the junta which ran Thailand from 2014 to 2019.
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