Srettha Thavisin is setting out to whip up an “economic tsunami” and ride it to election victory with a promise of kicking the pandemic-battered economy into high gear.
When he signed on as a member of the Pheu Thai Party before going on to be named one of its three prime ministerial candidates, he was expected to bring his economic acumen to the table.
Now, the former president and chief executive of the Sansiri real estate empire has enthused voters with the controversial 10,000-baht digital wallet policy to spur the economy with an ambitious promise of making Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grow by 5% every year throughout the party’s four-year term in government, if it gets its way.
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