His recent two-day trip to Nakhon Ratchasima for the mobile Cabinet meeting is no exception, filled as it was with his roller-coaster talks full of jokes, sarcasm, flattery and no-nonsense utterances. “Please miss us, ‘der’”, Prayut told Korat residents, using Northeast-style lingo to catch their attention. Since taking power after the 2014 coup, Prayut has enjoyed his one-man show at least twice a week – the Tuesday Cabinet meeting and his talk show every Friday. The government seems keen to push the mobile Cabinet meeting in Korat into the spotlight. “I prioritise the northeastern region and holding the mobile Cabinet meeting here will enable me to listen to the people directly.

Source: The Nation Bangkok August 22, 2017 12:00 UTC