In fact Gen Prayut, in Nakhon Ratchasima, a key red-shirt stronghold. Second, it's more like a forum where Gen Prayut sends a political message to Isan voters ahead of the general election to be held next year under the government's road map. Third, the mobile cabinet takes place at a right time when the government has been in power for about three years. The Prayut cabinet was formed on Aug 31, 2014 and it took office on Sept 4 that year after Gen Prayut led his cabinet to take an oath before King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The mobile cabinet began with multi-billion-baht benefit handouts to provinces and people in the northeastern region, the country's largest and poorest region.

Source: Bangkok Post August 22, 2017 21:16 UTC