Seripisut to run for governor

He vowed to change Bangkok for better if he wins the four-year post.

The former police general made his announcement at the Intercontinental Hotel at 2.10pm yesterday. Many former and current police attended, and campaign shirts, CDs, stickers were handed out. 

Seripisut promised that if Bangkokians trust him to be their governor, he would improve the city so they could see changes within one year. Everything would be in order after four years, as people wish, because he dared to think, act and decide.

The 64-year-old former top cop said he was well prepared for the task physically and mentally. He had supervised many civil servants and 200,000 police, so he could take care of Bangkok.

The first thing he would do was deal with issues of people’s life security and property, he said. Bangkok would have cooperation from the Royal Thai Police as he was close to and would work well with General Adul Saengsingkaew, the incoming National Police chief. He said he was decisive and would deal with Bangkok’s many problems and conflicts of interest. He promised to push for a charity hall at all temples, as well as deal with the urgent issue of traffic jams.

Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, whose current term will end on January 10 next year, yesterday said that he wasn’t worrying much about the competition because Pheu Thai and Democrat parties had a similar voter base of 400,000-500,000 voters. He said he was trying to spend the rest of his term working and said he respected all independent candidates, including Seripisut.