Srettha seen as having best chance to secure PM post next week

Srettha said it would be up to the Pheu Thai executive board to consider whether the partners of the coalition would have to be changed with Pheu Thai as the new leader.

Property tycoon Srettha Thavisin sent shockwaves through Thailand late last year with tweets hinting he was eyeing the post of prime minister under the Pheu Thai banner.

On March 1, Srettha visited Pheu Thai headquarters to be formally ushered into the party as chief adviser to Paetongtarn in her role as head of the Pheu Thai family.

A day later, expectations were heightened when Pheu Thai appointed him as a member of the party’s economic team.

On March 9, Srettha took two steps seen as preparations for his campaign to lead the country.

He took unpaid leave as CEO of property developer Sansiri Plc and he transferred his 661,002,734 Sansiri shares to his daughter, Chanada…