PUBLISHED: 28 Jun 2024 at 05: 00
The specific House committee vetting the budget bill’s version in a week or two is likely to put some of the 2025 federal funds aside for consideration, according to deputy finance minister Julapun Amornvivat.
Mr Julapan, who serves as vice president of the 72- representative committee, was commenting on the commission’s judgement on Wednesday to” dismiss” its scrutiny of a request for 152.7 billion baht to been sourced from the budget’s central fund to finance part of the premier digital wallet programme.
The panel has adjourned the requested deliberation pending further information, according to a social media post by Move Forward Party ( MPF ) list-member and committee member Sirikanya Tansakul.
She claimed that the demand for 152.7 billion baht is simply attached to a one-page document, and that the budget must be funded by the central fund because no agency has yet been appointed to supervise it.
Mr. Julapun, who presided over the meeting on June 26, acknowledged monday that the budget ask lacked information and that a Finance Ministry agent was no well-equipped to respond to the questions.
According to him, the agent was given the task of explaining the situation on behalf of the fund lasting secretary, who was required to meet with the prime minister.
He claimed that despite having information and being a deputy finance minister in charge of the modern budget plan, he had it, and that he had decided to ask the Finance Ministry to provide it with all the information.
” I’m even an MP, but I have to honor the committee members. Having complete information is also important, so we wo n’t proceed until it’s clear. So I asked the finance permanent secretary]Lavaron Sangsnit ] to answer the questions in person and provide complete information”, he said.
No specific date will be given for the council’s consideration of this portion of the budget, according to Mr. Julapan, but it should be in one or two days.
He added that if the data provided is incomplete, it would be customary for the House committee to halt the discussion of any product. He even expressed confidence that the flyer program may operate as planned.