May 1, 2023: While Move Forward and Pheu Thai are fighting their frenemy fight elsewhere, Ruam Thai Sang Chart, Democrat and Palang Pracharath are intensifying theirs in the South, with Prayut Chan-o-cha’s party targetting more than half of constituency seats available in the region.
Opinion polls are favouring the Democrats generally among the three government parties, but Prayut is said to be the most popular prime ministerial candidate of the government bloc in the South. Palang Pracharath, meanwhile, will try to hold on to whatever it can in the region, although its popularity plunge appears to be continuing and weirdly attributed to both anti-government and pro-Prayut feelings.
In other words, for the three “allied” parties, Palang Pracharath is widely expected to come third, leaving the Democrats and Ruam Thai Sang Chart to fight it out for the southern dominance.
“We are confident that Ruam Thai Sang Chart will win more than half of constituency seats in the South and will get 3 million party list votes or more from the region,” said Ruam Thai Sang Chart’s Secretary General Ekkanat Prompan.
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