Thailand News Update | Updates on Koh Phangan’s Songkran Full Moon Party

Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha says he’s unfazed by recent polls and shrugged off any suggestions his popularity was waning, insisting the government has “fared well” to run the country over the last few challenging years. He was responding to a NIDA poll released on Sunday that gave him only 12.7% of the respondents saying he would be the next prime minister. He was outpolled by Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat, but only by 1%. More worrying were the other political leaders in the top 6 places…. All representing opposition parties. 27.6% of respondents didn’t think any of the poll options were up for the top job. The poll was conducted from March 10-15 on 2,020 people aged 18 and overSpeaking about yesterday’s cabinet meeting, the PM said the cabinet meeting discussed a range of topics, including the Covid pandemic, the Russian-Ukraine war and its impact on the…