Korn Chatikavanij, a former finance minister whose Kla Party recently merged with Chart Pattana Party to form the Chartpattanakla Party, believes the new party under his leadership has a good combination of young people and veteran politicians.
The next general election is now firmly on the horizon, with the Election Commission (EC) having tentatively set the date last month as being May next year.
Bhumjaithai Party supporters have been crying foul over what they perceive to be growing hostility towards the party from within and outside the coalition bloc.