00:00A lot of hope rests on this man's shoulders, Natapong Rung Panyawood.
00:06The former tech executive is now the frontman of the Progressive People's Party and could
00:11become Thailand's next leader.
00:15Are you ready to cast your vote for us?
00:19Are you ready to choose a new constitution?
00:24His party won the last election by a landslide but was pushed into opposition.
00:29Cities like Bund in Nongcheng now hope to defend their seats and finally make it into government.
00:35If you would like to keep the things there are, choose the previous party.
00:40We are only the one alternative left for the people to vote, to protect the interests of
00:45the people, to change things, if you want something new.
00:49In the last election, the People's Party won over young voters in particular.
00:54But other parties have taken note.
00:56Many are now campaigning with younger candidates, even conservative parties like Pum Chai Thai.
01:02The Interim Prime Minister tells me,
01:04What kind of change will you bring for Thailand?
01:07Many changes and improvements as well, not only change.
01:13We haven't had much progress for a long time, you know.
01:18And now I think we've lost many, many years in terms of economic progress.
01:24One thing Pum Chai Thai wants to keep, the military firmly in charge of the armed border dispute
01:29with neighboring Cambodia.
01:31The conflict has fueled nationalism and party leader Anutin hopes to capitalize on that, building
01:38a conservative pro-military coalition to return to power.
01:43Former MP Bund in hopes to prevent that.
01:46They are incapable of solving border conflicts and if we elect them, so it will go on another
01:55four years.
01:56So we have to negotiate and talk, find common interests and then try to find peaceful solutions.
02:06Expectations are high across Thailand's political spectrum, but one thing is almost certain.
02:11No party will govern alone.
02:13The coalition battles are still ahead.
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