The Pheu Thai party’s top choice – scion Paetongtarn Shinawatra – is seven months pregnant, and the election is due in May. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BANGKOK - Thailand’s biggest opposition party on Wednesday named a well-known local property tycoon as its new adviser ahead of an upcoming election, adding fuel to speculation he was being lined up as another prime ministerial candidate.
“It’s time to do more political work, but let’s take the future step-by-step,” Mr Srettha, 60, said when asked by reporters about him being a possible candidate for premier, following months of rumours. Under election rules, a party can name up to three candidates for premier. Pheu Thai has said it would name three.which is due in May.They will face off against Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha, a general who led the coup against the last Pheu Thai government in 2014.
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