Following a long delay, the cabinet is expected to set the date for the Bangkok governor election for May 29, according to news reports. To say that it's long-awaited is an understatement.
The capital, home to 5.5 million people officially but probably twice that, has been adrift and rudderless without an elected governor for six years.
The last governor voted in -- whether his tenure was good or bad is another story altogether -- was MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, who was removed by order of then coup leader Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha in 2016.
