Bangkok: Sudarat Keyuraphan campaigned in Ubon Ratchathani, urging all political parties to sign a public pledge against corruption, announcing a move to combat corruption as a national agenda. She declared that anyone found guilty of corruption would be empowered by the people to immediately petition for their removal from office.
According to Thai News Agency, Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan, leader of the Thai Sang Thai Party, campaigned in the economic zone of Ubon Ratchathani province, meeting with vendors and citizens to solicit votes for Kru Off Wisarut Sawasdiwor, the party's candidate for Constituency 1, number 4. During discussions, they addressed the economic hardship and rising cost of living, with citizens unanimously citing declining incomes and, a major contributing factor, deep-rooted corruption within the political and bureaucratic systems.
This aligns with Khunying Sudarat's declared stance that combating corruption is a national agenda. She also supports empowering 50,000 citizens to remove corrupt politicians, including the Prime Minister, ministers, MPs, senators, and members of independent organizations and the Constitutional Court who act dishonestly. "If they are corrupt, they must be removed from office by the people," she stated, adding that this should be done in conjunction with real-time budget disclosure to create transparency and systematically close avenues for corruption.
Khunying Sudarat emphasized that Thais are defrauded of over 500 billion baht annually by corruption, contributing to the country's poverty and underdevelopment. Even with a nearly 4 trillion baht increase in the national budget each year, the money is not being used to truly improve the quality of life for the people. She stressed that if corruption is not addressed, the Thai economy will experience low growth rates of no more than 2% per year for an extended period. The OECD estimates that corruption in Thailand reduces the country's GDP by up to 3% annually.
The leader of the Thai Sang Thai Party reiterated her unwavering commitment to building honest politics. She stated that upon entering politics, she had previously overseen four major ministries, managing budgets exceeding one trillion baht, without any corruption. "I have the experience to know how to prevent corruption. Furthermore, I am not corrupt; I can prevent others from corrupting the nation as well."
Furthermore, the Thai Sang Thai Party also promoted policies to restructure the bureaucracy by suspending 1,000 licenses that hinder livelihoods, revolutionizing education to provide free bachelor's degrees from the age of 18, and improving quality of life at all stages through the "Thai Child Development Voucher" and a public pension scheme. These initiatives aim to create equal opportunities, revitalize the economy, and lead Thailand back to sustainable strength in the 2026 election.