Former deputy prime minister Somkid Jatusripitak, chairman of the Sang Anakhot Thai Party (SATP), will move to the Palang Pracharath Party to strengthen the PPRP's economic team, sources said.
New electoral rules have incentivized politicians to create a raft of new parties as vehicles for their ambitions to join the next coalition government.
With the country's next general election tentatively slated for May 7, 2023 by the Election Commission, assuming the House of Representatives completes its four-year term by March 23, many political parties have cranked up their election machines, with leading parties already kicking off their campaigns.
On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, The Nation Multimedia Group brought together six political party leaders and two top CEOs to share their vision of where the country is headed.