As Bangkok heads towards the gubernatorial election on June 28, the race appears increasingly tilted in favour of former governor Chadchart Sittipunt, while the People’s Party (PP) candidate, Chaiwat Sathawornwichit, has struggled to convert his party’s electoral strength into support for his City Hall bid.
Recent opinion polls show Mr Chaiwat, who is campaigning under the slogan “Bangkok Made Easy”, trailing far behind Mr Chadchart despite the opposition party’s remarkable performance in Bangkok during the Feb 8 general election, when it swept all 33 parliamentary constituencies in the capital.
