PUBLISHED: 4:00 on February 7, 2024.
The government, insisting that its digital wallet coverage committee will begin work next week, dismissed any possible National Anti-Corruption Commission warnings and recommendations about the 10, 000-baht electronic wallet scheme on Tuesday.
Following a conversation with Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat on Tuesday, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin stated that the government intends to proceed with the job.
He claimed that the government had consented to let the council carry out its work while it awaited the NACC’s opinion on the digital wallet system worth 10,000 baht.
Mr. Julapun stated that the meeting the following week will concentrate on strategy planning and worries about fraud that may occur during the handout process.
The commission, he continued, agreed to work despite the fact that the NACC screen established to study the handout policy had not yet submitted its last report.
The budget policy committee will immediately be split into two groups, one for public hearings and the other for project evaluation.
With a two-week deadline set, the second team will concentrate on gathering feedback from agencies, both public and private, as well as the general public.
According to Mr. Julapun, the latter will concentrate on the outcomes of the flyer, including any alleged fraud, and will work without a date.
Even though the 560 billion ringgit loan bill was drafted, Mr. Julapun claimed that the deployment had been delayed until May. It is still unclear when the handout will start on the Pao Tang budget app.
According to Mr. Julapun, using the invoice in this situation is not yet our top priority, but we will think about doing so if necessary.
An NACC resource stated earlier on Monday that the commission would address three key issues in a modified report on the scheme that was submitted merely ten days before.
This edition’s three major concerns are viewed as improvements over the earlier comments, in which the NACC board made nine suggestions.
According to the cause, the government had narrowed the context of the flyer out of concern that it might lead to an economic crisis.
According to the Organic Act on the Election of Members of the House of Representatives, BE 2561 ( 2018 ), the NACC also advised the committee not to use any language that might give the impression that the plan was a “promise to give” policy.