Touting her billionaire family’s legacy of populism and massive election victories, Thailand’s Paetongtarn Shinawatra is emerging as the candidate to beat in upcoming polls, betting that nostalgia can win millions of working class votes. | Reuters
“So we go on each stage to tell people how our policies can change their lives. And only through stable politics can people’s lives change in a sustainable manner,” she said, while campaigning in the northeast.
“The picture has to be big and we must be able to address longstanding problems that festered. These must be completely dealt with,” said Paetongtarn. They have long been accused by opponents of cronyism to enrich business friends and of buying off the poor with wasteful populist policies. The Shinawatras deny the charges.
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