Meanwhile, STP changed its name to the Therd Thai (Liberal Thai) Party,in a cosmetic attempt to erase its pro-military image. Narong resigned, ostensibly as a sacrifice for his party's support for Suchinda, but in reality because with his drug image, he was a political liability. In an attempt to further disguise its past, the party changed its emblem from a lotus flower to a dove and a golden moon, with the Thai flag backdrop.A new name and a new logo were not enough. Faced with the loss of about 40 of its former MPs, and unable to shake off its image as Suchinda's party, Therd Thai "merged" with the Chart Thai Party. Not for the first time in Thai politics, a self-seeking party set up for a single purpose had become a one-election wonder.