Sirikanya” checks “Paetongtarn’s” policy statement, says she wants to see the Prime Minister as a star, not a moon dependent on sunlight, warns the government to stop claiming the opposition is messing up the digital wallet, asks not to claim it as an achievement because the economy is recovering as expected.
The 2nd special joint parliamentary meeting (first regular session of the year) to consider urgent matters. The cabinet announced its policies to the parliament. Ms. Sirikanya Tansakul, a party-list MP from the Prachachon Party, discussed by requesting to examine the policy statement of Ms. Paethongtarn Shinawatra, the Prime Minister. She said that this would be the 3rd time that she would propose an idea to make this policy statement like a GPS that would tell us where the government would take this ship of state, where the goal was, by what method, and on which route. It would be the same or different from what was promised to the fellow travelers.
The Paethongtarn government has complicated issues
because it has already broken promises once. Therefore, it is seen that this opportunity, the Prime Minister should use the policy statement as a mechanism to help restore the people’s confidence and faith in the new government. It should be a firm promise of what will be done in the next 3 years because only tangible promises can show responsibility to the people.
When examining the policy statement, it is not much different from the government of Mr. Settha Thavisin, the former prime minister. It is still a GPS that leads us astray. It uses broad words, speaks vaguely, and is right again. It uses the word ‘expedite’ but does not say when it will be finished. As for the goal stated at the end, ‘Creating equal opportunities, allowing Thais to have enough to eat, have enough to use, have honor and dignity, in order to bring pride back to Thais and Thailand,’ I must say that this goal is not clear. Because if it were clear, there would be no need for a debater to help explain what exactly it means to have enou
gh to eat and use.
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While the digital wallet policy has changed many times and is expected to change again, this is the 7th time now because the central budget for 2024 is distributed first, paid in cash. The rest is being used to expand the 2025 budget, find ways to borrow more money, and reduce the debt repayment budget. However, there is still not enough money to pay all 45 million people. Therefore, there was an announcement by Mr. Phumtham Vejchai, De
puty Prime Minister and Minister of Defense.
Today, I want to hear clearly where the digital wallet project will end because in 3 days, on September 15, the registration period will end. If any citizens have not registered yet, please register so that we will know for sure how many people are in the target group and where the money will come from. Will they still give out 10,000 baht to each person? And will they give it out in cash or digital wallets?
Ms. Sirikanya also mentioned the case of finger-pointing at the opposition, saying that it was because of the opposition that they had to change back and forth, causing such a messy delay. Don’t claim that you listen to people with different opinions, so you keep changing. Because what we say is not an opinion that can be debated, but it is a fact and law. Every time, we argue to the death. They are stubborn and innocent, saying that it is not wrong and can do it. But when their backs are against the wall and the country cannot be saved, they disappear from t
he crisis like a flash.
Finally, once the prime minister changed, no one dared to risk breaking the law anymore. Now, it’s not just the government, not just the cabinet that has lost its credibility, but senior civil servants and executives in major ministries have all lost their credibility because they had to come out and defend the government. It’s become a wasted year. In the end, the money hasn’t been received, time has been wasted, and the opportunity to use the central budget to stimulate other areas has been lost. When other measures aren’t implemented along the way, instead of the people getting help, they don’t get it.
The economic cyclone that will hit is now weakening, weakening along with the credit and confidence in the government. It will not be easy to recover. Since the cyclone will weaken into a low-pressure area, let’s hear clearly from the government about what the impact on the economy of the digital wallet project will be, so that we can predict in the future how much it can stimulate
GDP.
Ms. Sirikanya said that the economy will recover well in the second half of 2024 due to the low GDP base last year. Let me tell you that even without the digital wallet, the fourth quarter grew by almost 4%. Therefore, do not claim that the growth is due to the government. Meanwhile, civil service reform must reduce the size, increase efficiency, and use the budget efficiently. But there is no mention of solving the root problems, which are the real structural problems of the clumsiness, redundancy, and inefficiency of the civil service system.
But if we look at the policy analysis that has come out, regarding the reform of the civil service system, I do not see that this is a way out of the reform through this statement, and I sincerely hope that the Prime Minister will be the one to stand up and answer these questions himself.
Source: Thai News Agency