(Photo: Photo: Pheu Thai Facebook)The Pheu Thai Party intends to create tens of thousands of new millionaires if it forms a government after the Feb 8 election, prime ministerial candidate Yodchanan Wongsawat said on Saturday. The scheme would create 3,240 millionaires annually, or about 26,000 over eight years if Pheu Thai remained in office for two terms, he said. (Story continues below)Pheu Thai prime ministerial candidate Yodchanan Wongsawat talks to reporters following a rally where he pitched his “Nine New Millionaires a Day” policy, in Yasothon on Saturday. The area is part of Constituency 6, long considered a Pheu Thai stronghold. Pheu Thai touts the latter as an improvement on the most recent half-half programme that subsidised 50% of small-scale consumer purchases.

Source: Bangkok Post January 24, 2026 14:10 UTC