Prayut will campaign on popular subsidy programmes, aide says

BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha (pic) will campaign on a promise to continue his government’s popular subsidy programmes in the upcoming election, a close aide said on Sunday.

PM’s Office Minister Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, a member of the United Thai Nation Party (UTNP), said Prayut was in the process of drafting campaign policies in his capacity as a member of the party’s political strategic committee and its likely prime ministerial candidate.