Academic Jessada Calls Out Pheu Thai Party Leader After Repeated Electoral Losses—A Painful Read
A university professor and science communicator criticized the Democrat Party's leadership after consecutive election losses, saying the party leader should resign as they would in Britain, and expressed doubts about supporting the same lea
Pheu Thai party leader Nattapong Rueangpanyawutthi, along with Bangkok governor candidate Chaiyawat Sathawarwijit and party secretary-general Picharn Chaowalpatanawong, conceded defeat to Chadchart Sittipunt in the Bangkok gubernatorial election and accepted all criticism regarding the controversial 'Surpol' incident.
On June 29, 2569 (2026), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jessada Denduangboripant, a biology lecturer at Chulalongkorn University and science communicator, posted on Facebook addressing the matter: "Losing again and again like this—in Britain, the party leader would resign and they'd find someone new. If there's another election next time and it's still the same party leader, I'd have to look for another party to vote for. By the way, the claims about getting more party-list MPs don't really convince me either, not like when we swept nearly the entire province in the general election."
Jessada subsequently posted again, noting that comparing the percentage of votes between the previous and current elections clearly shows Pheu Thai's support has declined, along with the Democrat Party, which finished fourth this time.
He then reshared a post by Wirot Luksanadit, a Pheu Thai party figure, commenting: "Khun Wirot speaks well—he acknowledges mistakes and understands how the party needs to reflect and reform. But the party executives themselves, both the party leader and party secretary, haven't made any statement like that at all."
