Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Friday shrugged off the Pheu Thai Party’s aim to pull off a landslide victory in the general election, saying every party has targets and ambitions, but it is up to voters to decide.
“I won’t talk about if it is a landslide or not. I’d like people to think carefully about how they want the country to be,” he said. “Don’t we need a trustworthy government? A government that tends to low-income earners and vulnerable groups as we’ve begun?”
Gen Prayut said political parties are touting welfare assistance schemes, but such policies could disrupt the country’s financial and fiscal discipline if implemented without careful consideration.
He also said while Thailand’s economic…
