Pheu Thai raises target for number of MPs

Srettha Thavisin, left, property tycoon and chief adviser to the Pheu Thai Family, walks with Pheu Thai Family chief Paetongtarn 'Ung Ing' Shinawatra, at the party's head office following an assembly on Thursday. The pair are the opposition party's presumptive prime ministerial candidates. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

The Pheu Thai Party has now set the bar higher and is targeting at least 310 House seats -- not 250 -- to form a single-party government after the next general election.

Speaking at the party's general assembly on Thursday, Pheu Thai leader Cholnan Srikaew said the country has been plagued with problems and Pheu Thai will turn the situation around if it wins the election and forms a government.