The appearance will be the second time she sells rice bought from farmers in the Northeast. Last Saturday, Yingluck sold 10 tonnes of jasmine rice bought from farmers within an hour outside the Fashion Island shopping mall.
The former prime minister joined farmers and volunteers yesterday to pack a tonne of jasmine rice to sell today as part of her campaign to help farmers as the price of rice continues to drop dramatically.
Yingluck will be selling rice at Bt20 per kilogram starting at 4pm outside the Imperial World Samrong shopping mall in Samut Prakan.
The former premier announced the event on her Facebook page, calling on supporters to purchase the rice at a fair price for farmers.
“To encourage and help farmers to sell the jasmine rice at Bt20 per kilogram, I would like to ask people in Samut Prakan and my fanpage followers to help to purchase the rice from farmers,” she wrote on her page yesterday.
Also helping Yingluck pack rice yesterday were her son, Supasek Amornchat, Pheu Thai politicians including the party’s acting secretary-general Phumtham Wechayachai, and farmers from the Northeast provinces of Roi Et, Surin, Amnat Charoen, Ubon Ratchathani and Maha Sarakham.
The price of rice recently plummeted to the lowest level since 2008, triggering not only state agencies but also the private sector to initiate various campaigns to sell rice to secure fair prices for farmers.