Daughter of ex-Thai prime minister outlines opposition’s vision

The daughter of Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Paetongtarn Shinawatra (AP)

The daughter of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has promised a new era of social equality, saying if her party is elected to power in next year’s election it will bring an end to poverty in the south-east Asian nation.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra told supporters that if Thailand’s largest opposition party, Pheu Thai, wins in May people would see a marked change from the administration of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who seized power in a military coup in 2014 and was then elected in 2019.