The ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) has pledged to make a greater effort to appeal to the general public following a crushing defeat in Bangkok’s Constituency 9 on Sunday.
The PPRP, which barely won 8,000 votes in Laksi district and parts of neighbouring Chatuchak district, is estimated to have lost a whopping 27,000 votes since the 2019 general election.
Santi Promphat, the newly appointed PPRP secretary-general, spoke on Monday of the need to reconnect with voters.
“The party will get in touch with the people and listen to what they want us to do,” he said.
Mr Santi denied the PPRP’s third defeat in a row, after losses in by-elections in Songkhla and Chumphon on Jan 6, were signs of a party on the slide and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s waning popularity.
He insisted Gen Prayut had been working flat out for seven days and still managed to deliver…
