The Move Forward Party (MFP) promise to push for elections of provincial governors is not a “panacea for all problems” and the real question is whether the governors are relevant at all, according to Piyabutr Saengkanokkul, an MFP campaign assistant.
Mr Piyabutr said on Facebook that while he supported the MFP’s policy of decentralisation, he disagreed with its campaign promise to elect the provincial heads.
The co-founder of the Progressive Movement said it would be barking up the wrong tree to make the occupants of the position, currently appointed by the interior minister, elected.
He said the country’s administration is made up of three primary components — central, regional and local…
