Commentary: Pheu Thai wants a landslide win in the northeast. It faces a tough fight

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It is obvious that Pheu Thai’s prediction of a landslide victory in this stronghold in the northeast is quickly turning into self-fulfilling revelation. A crucial element of this successful strategy is the group’s commitments to enacting a 10, 000 ringgit digital wallet policy, despite receiving harsh criticism. However, a resounding defeat for Pheu Thai is not yet guaranteed.

Pheu Thai won eight out of ten seats in Khon Kaen in the previous election, defeating the Future Forward Party and the Palang Pracharath Party( PPRP ) by one seat. Since then, the two MPs who were elected to those positions have left their respective parties and joined the ruling coalition’s Bhumjaithai Party ( BJT ). Due to the presence of the BJT in the race, it’s likely that Pheu Thai will once more compete to win every desk within the county, which currently has 11 tickets.

In city 4, Ekarat Changlao, who recently switched from the PPRP to the BJT, is vying with Mookda Pongsombat, a candidate for Pheu Thai. In the previous election, Ekarat is said to have had control over the income of the northern PPRP candidates.

Ekarat, which is currently facing accusations of peculation from Khon Kaen Teachers’ Savings Cooperative, has a history of using cash to engage in political conflict. Ekarat and his brother Wattana, an MP who already left the PPRP to go for the BJT in area 2, are anticipated to put up a valiant fight against Pheu Thai.

Because citizens in Khon Kaen are historically inclined to support Pheu Thai on the basis of its event company, the leader of one of the party’s strategy team asserts that the applicants of that party have the upper hand over the BJT candidates.

However, Pheu Thai’s applicants do not receive the same level of monetary assistance or proper assistance as BJT candidates. Only the BJT is willing to go above and beyond when domestic surveys are conducted by both parties to decide how much support each participant should receive on a rolling foundation. Pheu Thai runs the risk of losing ground, at least on the district poll, if the BJT injects cash into its networks of local leaders and village-based health volunteers in the last stretch of the strategy.