Bangkok Post
'Agong' claims yet to make a dent
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Former Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt remains the overwhelming favourite to win another term, but the closing weeks of the campaign have become increasingly dominated by questions over transparency and accountability.
Key facts
- A recent poll by the National Institute of Development Administration placed Mr Chadchart on 67.3% support, far ahead of any rival, suggesting he remains on course to repeat his landslide victory in 2022.
- Former Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt remains the overwhelming favourite to win another term, but the closing weeks of the campaign have become increasingly dominated by questions over transparency and accountability.
- More than one million complaints have been processed through the system and some 70% of flooding-related complaints have been resolved, he says.
- A major goal is passage of the proposed BMA Act 2025, which Mr Chadchart says would modernise Bangkok's governance structure and provide City Hall with greater authority over issues currently controlled by outside agencies.
Summary
A recent poll by the National Institute of Development Administration placed Mr Chadchart on 67.3% support, far ahead of any rival, suggesting he remains on course to repeat his landslide victory in 2022.
Yet the election is becoming a test of the very quality that helped propel him to office: public trust.