About 3 in 4 Thais think Thaksin’s Pheu Thai Party should be in charge of Thailand, poll shows
- Pheu Thai has said it’s aiming for a ‘landslide’ win in next year’s general election, as it seeks to end nearly a decade of military-backed rule
- Thaksin’s daughter, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, is emerging as one of the party’s potential candidates for the premiership
Pheu Thai Party has the confidence of 73 per cent of people surveyed across the country, who either said it “will definitely” or has “quite a high chance” to lead, according to the poll published on Sunday by the National Institute of Development Administration.
Palang Pracharath, which leads the current coalition government, has the confidence of only 31 per cent of the same group of respondents. In second place after Pheu Thai is the opposition Move Forward Party, an ally that’s seen as more progressive and more popular among young people, with 41 per cent of backing from the 1,310 people surveyed, the Nida poll showed.
The Pheu Thai Party officially kicked off its election campaign this month, seeking to end nearly a decade of military-backed rule.
It has pledged to lift minimum wages by 70 per cent by the end of a four-year term and to boost economic growth rate to an average 5 per cent annually if it is voted to power in elections that are due to be called by March.
Pheu Thai has said it is aiming for a “landslide” win with more than half the seats in the 500-member House of Representatives.
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Thaksin’s daughter, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, is emerging as one of Pheu Thai’s potential candidates for the premiership and has played a key role in rallying support for the party in recent months.
Pheu Thai, which was set up in 2007, is the third incarnation of a Thai political party founded by Thaksin.
