Common concerns grow about Pheu Thai policies ‘ stuff.
Given her social experience and age, 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 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 leadership 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.
Ms. Paetongtarn has unveiled a scheme plan that aims to create opportunities and accomplish different objectives since taking office.
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 visions 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, the committee responsible for the initiative stated that an initial budget of 145 billion baht would be distributed to vulnerable people by September ( last year ).
The government’s first cabinet meeting saw the adoption of an economic trigger plan for 2024 that aimed to reach the 12.4 million first-time recipients of the money flyer, which included 2.15 million people with disabilities and 12.4 million with state security accounts. Bills started on September 25.
Thaksin made the 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 second phase of the electric pocket plan is set to be released soon after this month’s announcement by the state.
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 structures. The Entertainment Complex Bill was approved by the government on January 5th, according to a battle speech delivered in Chiang Rai.
This led to criticism and the expression” What the father sees, the girl does” in the media, which led to the perception that Thaksin had greater influence over the government.
This is similar to the tagline” 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 guidelines, especially the rice-pledging system, which caused significant financial losses, and the cover asylum law, which sparked street protests and led to the 2014 revolution.
According to Phichai Ratnatilaka Na Bhuket, a lecturer in political science at the National Institute of Development Administration ( NIDA ), the level of opposition to Thaksin’s vision will determine whether the Paetongtarn cabinet will face a situation similar to the Yingluck government.
The casino-entertainment complex project, which he claimed is considered Thaksin’s brainchild, has the potential to sway opposition because it did not fulfill its promises during the 2023 general election campaign.
He claimed the Pheu Thai Party has responded quickly to the issue and that it is likely to pique the interest of a large audience, adding that the casino-entertainment complex project is generating” What the father envisions, the daughter does” sentiment.
The outline of the” Home for Thais” housing project is similar to the corruption-plagued Baan Eua Arthorn housing project. Watana Muangsook, a former Pheu Thai member and former minister of social development and human security, received a 50-year prison sentence from the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions for his role in the scheme.
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 issues and the possible return of Yingluck are a political timebomb”, he said, referring to Thaksin’s remarks that his sister might return right around this year’s Songkran festival.
Other risks, according to Mr. Phichai, include internal rifts within the coalition government that could lead to a House collapse and pending cases against the Pheu Thai Party filed with independent public agencies.
Phichai: A political timebomb