Celebrations advised to avoid populism

PM worries policies will hit nationwide budgetplan People walk past election project posters setup along Tanao Road in Bangkok. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul) Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has alerted versus populist policies being rolled out by political celebrations to bringin citizens ahead of the upcoming basic election, stating their election promises might cause monetary problems on the nationwide spendingplan. Speaking after Tuesday’s cabinet conference, Gen Prayut stated that he was worried about political celebrations appealing to boost well-being advantages to citizens. “Be cautious, as this will cause monetary problems on the nationwide budgetplan. One celebration hasactually guaranteed more than 800 billion baht[in welfare benefits] I wear’t understand how the cash can be discovered,” he stated. “If the federalgovernment’s routine costs have to be diverted to fund the guaranteed increases in well-being advantages, how will the nation bring on?” Gen Prayut was onceagain asked about the viewed political competition inbetween himself and Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the judgment Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), Gen Prawit Wongsuwon, throughout their pre-election marketing. Gen Prayut, who is now a member of the United Thai Nation Party, firmlyinsisted that they stay on speaking terms. Commenting on the addition of non-Thai nationals in its computation of the number of individuals represented per MP, Gen
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