While public approval of his performance after one year in office is good enough to let Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt breathe a sigh of relief, he cannot stay complacent as polls show his popularity is shrinking nonetheless.
Mr Chadchart won by a landslide, with 1.38 million votes, in the gubernatorial poll in May last year, during a time when city-voters were eager for change after more than five years of Pol Gen Aswin Kwanmuang, the military regime's pick. Mr Chadchart must learn also that with enormous support comes great expectations.
