Common concerns grow about Pheu Thai policies ‘ stuff.
Given her age and social experience, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra‘s ascendancy to power is a little early. However, her choice as one of the three Pheu Thai Party prime minister prospects suggested that she was prepared to take the position.
Following the removal of Srettha Thavisin by a court ruling in August of last year, the People’s Party ( PP )’s growing popularity significantly contributed to the party’s decision to support her as prime minister.
This is a crucial chance for Pheu Thai to demonstrate its management abilities given the current political climate, where opportunities for doing so may be constrained. Mr Paetongtarn also is the group’s most practical member, with the support of her parents, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Since taking office, Ms. Paetongtarn has unveiled a scheme agenda that aims to create opportunities and accomplish different objectives.
Many of the initiatives of the Paetongtarn government are based on those taken from the Srettha case and earlier initiatives taken into place under the Thaksin management. Some of the ideas Thaksin outlined in several forums are similar to one another.
The implementation of the government’s premier digital wallet program, for instance, followed Thaksin’s notes at a” Vision for Thailand 2024″ statement at the Siam Paragon buying complex.
According to Thaksin, who cited the committee responsible for the program, an initial expenditure of 145 billion ringgit may be distributed to vulnerable citizens by September ( last year ).
An economic stimulus plan for 2024 was approved by the government’s first government conference, which included 2.15 million people with disabilities and 12.4 million people with state security cards as the first beneficiaries of the money flyer. On September 25, the payment started.
Thaksin made hints that the elderly would be the next target group to receive the handout during a campaign rally for a Pheu Thai candidate running for chairman in Udon Thani during a rally for the provincial administrative organization ( PAO ) chairman election.
The government made the second phase of the digital wallet structure soon after, with distribution scheduled to start later this month.
Different schemes set to move out this year such as the” One District, One Award” and the” One District, One June Camp” plans to increase training opportunities for underprivileged kids are modelled on the Thaksin president’s” One District, One Scholarship” initiative.
Following Thaksin’s speech in Udon Thani, where he promised the crowd that those who wanted to own homes would soon see their dreams come true, the” Home for Thais” housing project, presided over by Ms. Paetongtarn on Friday, also took place.
The state also pushed forward plans to legalise casino-entertainment compounds. The Entertainment Complex Bill was approved by the government on January 5th, and Thaksin backed the plan during a promotion conversation in Chiang Rai.
This led to criticism and the expression “what the father anticipates, the princess does” in the media, which the public now sees as having greater influence over the government.
This is similar to the credo” Thaksin thinks, Pheu Thai does”, adopted by the group when Yingluck Shinawatra, Thaksin’s younger girl, was prime minister.
The Yingluck state faced criticism for a number of policies, especially the rice-pledging system, which caused significant financial losses, and the cover amnesty law, which sparked street protests and led to the coup in 2014, among others.
According to Phichai Ratnatilaka Na Bhuket, a lecturer in political science at the National Institute of Development Administration ( Nida ), whether the Paetongtarn cabinet will face a situation akin to the Yingluck government will depend on the level of opposition to Thaksin’s vision.
Because it was not among its vows during the 2023 general election campaign, he claimed, and because it is considered Thaksin’s founder, the casino-entertainment complicated project has the potential to sway opposition.
He claimed the Pheu Thai Party responded quickly to the issue and that it is likely to pique the interest of a large audience. The casino-entertainment complex project is also contributing to the” What the father envisions, the daughter does” proverb.
The design of the” Home for Thais” housing project is similar to the corruption-plagued Baan Eua Arthorn cover job. Watana Muangsook, a previous Pheu Thai part and former minister of social development and human security, was given a 50-year sentence by the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions for his role in the program.
The 2001 memorandum of understanding ( MoU) on maritime claims in the Gulf of Thailand, which is being revived, is also apparently part of Thaksin’s agenda and has sparked opposition, Mr Phichai said.
” These three problems and the possible gain of Yingluck are a democratic timebomb”, he said, referring to Thaksin’s comment that his sister might gain right around this month’s Songkran event.
Other risks, according to Mr. Phichai, include domestic disagreements within the coalition government that could lead to the collapse of the House, as well as pending Pheu Thai Party legal proceedings that have been filed with separate public authorities.
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