Ex-finance chief Uttama Savanayana is one of the two technocrats leaving Palang Pracharath to create the new party. - ST
BANGKOK (Bloomberg): Two of Thailand's former ministers who backed coup leader-turned-premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha are set to launch a new political party on Wednesday (Jan 19) that aims to help revive an economy battered by the pandemic.
Ex-finance chief and university rector Uttama Savanayana and former energy minister and businessman Sontirat Sontijirawong will unveil a new party in Bangkok called "Srang Anakot Thai", which means "Building Thailand's Future".
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