Kla leader dares to be different

Kla leader dares to be different

Three upcoming by-elections provide a chance to gauge opinion

The Kla Party will field candidates in all upcoming by-elections, seeing the contests as an opportunity to reach out to voters ahead of the general election, even if its chances of winning are slim.

Kla leader Korn Chatikavanij said the party’s best hope in the three by-elections lies with secretary-general Atavit Suwannapakdee who is running in Bangkok’s Constituency 9, which covers Laksi district and part of Chatuchak.

The poll was called to fill a vacancy left by Sira Jenjaka who was disqualified as a ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) MP by the Constitutional Court for having been convicted of fraud by the Pathumwan…