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Prayut most popular for PM in deep South: poll

Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, right, holding the Thai flag, appears at a meeting of the United Thai Nation Party after becoming a party member on Jan 9. (File photo)

Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha is more popular than other potential candidates for the post of prime minister among people in the three southern border provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat, followed by Wan Muhamad Nor Matha of the Prachachart Party, according to a survey by National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.

The poll was conducted on Feb 10-20 by telephone interviews with 1,100 people eligible voters aged 18 and over of various levels of education, occupations and incomes in the three Muslim-dominated southernmost provinces infested with…

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