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BIZARRE: Pheu thai ups stakes in race - What They Never Told You

Key figures of the Pheu Thai Party introduce its candidates at Thammasat University in Pathum Thani on March 17. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

The Pheu Thai Party has recently revised its MP target, aiming to capture 310 House seats in the next polls — an ambitious scale-up from the 250 seats — and form a solid single-party government. The move is seen by academics as a major task and tactic to intensify the campaign and to get rid of the pro-Prayut camp.

“Pheu Thai is now seeking a popular mandate and win at least 310 House seats to get rid of the Prayut regime and form a Pheu Thai government,” Pheu Thai leader Cholnan Srikaew told the party’s general assembly on March 9, referring to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

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