Taken together, they suggest a pattern -- and in politics, patterns are far more damaging than isolated mistakes, a political source said. That is precisely why each apology lands harder on PP than it would on more conventional parties. The apology over backing Mr Anutin may be even more corrosive. The PP's base has long viewed Mr Anutin and the conservative establishment around him as part of the very order the party was elected to challenge. A PP candidate in Constituency 33 was withdrawn after being linked to a money-laundering case, prompting a late replacement and another apology.

Source: Bangkok Post March 28, 2026 01:44 UTC