On Sunday, veteran politician Korn Chatikavanij resigned as Chart Pattana Kla leader and signaled he was done with politics after his new party secured only two seats in the House of Representatives.
Korn said on Facebook that he will vacation with his family and support the party’s ideas as an average person.
He was certain his new party would gain enough House members to adopt innovative business ideas to revitalize the economy during the election.
He promised to cut gas costs by forcing oil refineries to lower their profits in the next government. He suggested that banks cease utilizing Credit Bureau records of loan failures when contemplating new loans to help small and medium-sized businesses.
The Chart Pattana Kla Party will have two lower House MPs, a constituency MP and a party-list MP.
Wannarat Charnukul became party-list MP. Prasat Tanprasert, who won Nakhon Sawan’s Constituency 6, is Chart Pattana Kla’s lone MP.
Korn ran exclusively as his party’s second prime minister.
Worse, the Chart Pattana Kla briefly considered joining the Move Forward-led alliance, but Pheu Thai supporters were upset that Korn had organized rallies against the government under previous premier Yingluck Shinawatra.
Korn stated he resigned to Chart Pattana Kla chairman Suwat Liptapanlop last week on Facebook.
“I met him to thank him for giving me trust and I informed him of my resignation as Chart Pattana Kla leader,” Korn wrote.
“As the ex-Chart Pattana Kla leader, I would like to thank the people for voting for our political policies. I’ll support all our policies as a citizen.”
“I felt very honoured to serve the people and the country I love as an elected politician,” Korn said.
Korn continued, “I would like to thank all of you for helping me carry out this mission since 2005.
Our nation has many unsolved issues. I support all politicians morally. He offered his moral support to first-time elected officials.
Korn said his family will take a long vacation.
Korn stated he owed his family several vacations.
London-born Korn. He was an investment banker at SG Warburg after studying at St John’s College, Oxford. He launched Thailand’s largest brokerage, JF Thanakom, in 1997.
Korn became a Democrat MP in 2001. He was re-elected in 2005, 2007, 2011, and 2019.
2008–2010 Deputy Minister of Finance.
Korn helped Thailand recover from the global financial crisis as Minister of Finance. He reformed the banking industry and slashed taxes. He founded the Thai Bond Market Association.
Korn founded the Kla Party on February 14, 2020, after leaving the Democrats.
He attended a news conference with Suwat in September 2022 to announce their political collaboration.
After the news conference, Korn persuaded Kla Party members to join Suwat’s Chart Pattana, which became Chart Pattana Kla.
Its leader is Korn.