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The Move Forward Party (MFP) is eyeing key cabinet posts dealing with finance, foreign affairs, defence and energy while Pheu Thai will be offered economic portfolios such as the transport, commerce, and industry ministries, sources said.

Political parties are vowing to make Thailand more competitive in tourism by pitching a variety of related policies, such as the setting up of a tourism fund, developing secondary cities, adjusting regulations, and solving labour crises to accommodate quality tourists and aid local operators.

Paetongtarn "Ung-ing" Shinawatra, leader of the "Pheu Thai family", tops the list of potential candidates for the post of prime minister among the people of the North, according to a survey by the National Institute for Development Administration, or Nida Poll.

Pita Limjaroenrat, the Move Forward Party (MFP) leader, is the top choice for prime minister among Bangkok residents, trailed by some distance by current prime minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha and Paetongtarn "Ung-ing" Shinawatra, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.

The chairman of the Sang Anakhot Thai Party (SATP), Somkid Jatusripitak, remains non-committal about a possible merger with the Thai Sang Thai Party, saying they can only work together if they have compatible ideas.

Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan has announced the Thai Sang Thai Party (TST) to be a "third force" in politics whose policy platforms will highlight the country's priorities for the next general election expected early next year.

Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan has emerged ahead of Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and other potential rivals for the post of prime minister to tackle the country’s economic problems, according to E-Saan Poll.

Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan, who has been elected as the leader of the Thai Sang Thai Party, has said she is ready for the role of prime minister and vowed to push for "a people's constitution".

Suphan Mongkolsuthee, former chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), was on Monday named leader of the Thai Sang Thai Party's economics team.