Remember Bangkok burning, voters told

Thai Democrats attack UDD as polls favour Pheu Thai

The Democrat Party is focusing on reminding voters of last year’s political violence in a bid to stem the Pheu Thai Party’s fast-rising popularity.

Korbsak Sabhavasu, chief of the Democrat Party’s strategy panel, said the party believed the majority of the public still have bitter memories of the unrest and the burning of Bangkok.

The Democrats are changing election campaign tactics to cut the ground from under Pheu Thai by reminding voters that key figures of the red shirt movement who are now running for the general election under the party’s banner, are alleged to be involved.

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