'Elections will restore growth'
Thailand's economy will return to the fast track once the country resolves political uncertainty from the ousting of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Finance Minister Chalongphob Sussangkarn said yesterday.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum on East Asia, Chalongphob expressed hope that general elections to be held in November would help calm the political situation, which in turn would increase confidence in the economy."We hope that when we get to the elections towards the end of the year, we would get back to some kind of more normal political situation where there is no major polarisation in society," Chalongphob said. "If we can get back to a more normal political situation, then I think confidence will come back, and economic development will accelerate and solve a lot of our problems".
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