The senior military officer has been making moves along with his wife, Boonyaporn Natathanapatra, in setting up the so-called Volunteers for Thai Nation’s Power organisation, which has already seen two branches taking root in the Northeast. Speculation has been swirling as the major-general himself announced in June that he was preparing to set up a new party – Thai Nation’s Power. The following month, he cemented his thinking on the matter on his wife’s birthday with the establishment of the Volunteers for Thai Nation’s Power organisation. After Boonyaporn’s birthday, the first coordinating centre of the organisation was opened in Khon Kaen’s Muang district, a red-shirt hotbed in the Northeast. Other parties have reportedly been busy with reregistering their members, as required by the new political party law.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 06, 2017 09:56 UTC