The chairman of the Sang Anakhot Thai Party (SATP), Somkid Jatusripitak, must be a prime minister candidate if the party is to merge with the Thai Sang Thai Party (TST), according to SATP spokesman Naris Cheyklin.
Mr Naris was responding to media reports about a possible merger between the newly formed political parties ahead of the general election. The new election rules are said to be forcing small and new parties to forge alliances similar to the recent formation of the Chartpattanakla Party.
