The online campaign, initiated by Ticha, called on Prawit to keep his word of January 31, in which he offered to step down if the people no longer wanted him. Prawit made the comments after weeks of being hit hard over a scandal involving luxury watches. Between the campaign’s January 31 launch and February 15, a total of 80,018 people had supported the petition calling for the scandal-plagued minister to resign from the Cabinet. The petition is on the change.org website.

Source: The Nation Bangkok February 16, 2018 07:32 UTC