Politician Sathitkhun formally changed his name to Thaksin Kuankoksung. We decided that we should come up with a ‘brand’,” he said. “People don’t know us much with our original names. His decision was a strategic one, playing to the local community’s yearning for the return of the Shinawatra family. Sathitkhun formally and legally changed his name to Thaksin on Jan 31, in time for Thailand’s long awaited national elections being held this weekend. People welcome me,” he told Channel NewsAsia on the campaign trail. “Wherever I walk now, I say 'hello brothers and sisters, Thaksin is here'. “Why did I change my name to Thaksin? Do people know me? They do but not many people do. For all of his previous 55 years he was Sathitkhun. Indeed, he has only been Thaksin for little over a month. He most certainly is not the Thaksin people in these parts have long adored. It is a catchphrase that almost unfailingly draws a smile, and then a hug or a selfie, from voters along the rural back roads around Nakhon Ratchasima, commonly known as Korat.īut the man with the slogan, electioneering for support in this community, is no one particularly famous. NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand: “Here comes Thaksin!”

Kanokwan Petraska, who changed her name to Yinglak, speaks to a constituent.

Thailand casino headache stencil