The six parties with policies designed to attract votes from the gay community are Move Forward, Pheu Thai, Democrat, Chart Thai Pattana, Thai Sang Thai, and Chart Pattana Kla.
The city lies just 50 kilometres north of the Thai-Malay border and is already a major hub of cross-border trade and tourism.
With the election expected to be a showdown between the conservative incumbents and the more liberal opposition parties, all sides are pushing out rhetoric to influence voters.
He instead urged people to stay peaceful, adding that whoever leads the next government must continue working to improve the lives of Thai people.
Although Thaksin has failed to make good on numerous pledges to return, his remarks on Twitter were the first time in recent years that he has set a timeframe.
The aim of the “final debate” was to inform the public of the candidates’ visions and principles as well as their key policies before the election.
The United Thai Nation Party on May 7 released an ominous video that is widely being interpreted as an attack on the Move Forward Party’s central campaign theme of “change”.
With one week to go before Thailand heads to the polls, political parties are racing to hammer home their key messages for Thailand’s 52 million voters.
With different perspectives and beliefs, fresh-faced politicians are injecting progressive politics into the mix and giving traditionalist parties a facelift with their reach…