Apichai Taechaubol has left the Democrat Party for the Palang Pracharath Party on Thursday (Photo: Post Today)
Thailand’s oldest political party is seeing more members wave it goodbye, but nothing can shake supporters’ confidence their leader can rise to be the next prime minister.
Apichai Taechaubol is the latest to resign, leaving the Democrat Party on Thursday and immediately joining the ruling Palang Pracharath Party.
Mr Apichai was a party-list MP. He did not even hand his resignation letter to the party. Instead, he gave it directly to the Election Commission.
The former Democrat is executive chairman of JCK International, a listed industrial estate developer and is believed to be a financial backer of the party.
He was the second member to leave the party in two days, following the departure of…
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