Sudarat campaigned in the Ratchada area to support the Thai Sang Thai Party candidate for Bangkok's 5th district, boasting the "Start-Up Fund" policy to help Thai citizens relieve their financial burdens.
At 11:30 a.m. on 6 January 2026 at Muang Thai Market on Ratchadaphisek Road, Bangkok, Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan, leader of the Thai Sang Thai Party (TST) and its prime ministerial candidate, together with Mr. Suradet Taweesangsukthai, the party's economic strategy chairman, visited Muang Thai Market on Ratchada Road to campaign for Mr. Patiwat Trongjit, the TST candidate for Bangkok's 5th district, number 1, covering Huai Khwang and Wang Thonglang districts, engaging with local vendors and company employees in the area.
Khunying Sudarat said the cost of living crisis is an urgent problem that the Thai Sang Thai Party is ready to address to help Thai people "relieve their burdens" by creating opportunities for small-scale earners to achieve financial stability. Those needing capital to start a business can borrow through the "Start-Up Fund," designed to help SMEs, new graduates, and small entrepreneurs access real funding from 10,000 to 100,000 baht at a low interest rate of only 1% per month. This breaks the cycle of informal debt, which can reach 20% monthly interest, reducing interest burdens from tens of thousands of baht to just hundreds, increasing liquidity for workers, vendors, and small businesses to build their livelihoods faster.
Mocking the "10,000 baht handout" as just a tiny fan, not an economic hurricane.
"This policy is the real solution, better than handing out 10,000 baht in digital money, because temporary cash giveaways cannot sustainably stimulate the economy and are not the economic hurricane that some claim. They are merely a tiny fan that blows just briefly."