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Home » News from Thailand » Criticism of government for throwing money at Thai villages
It appears that the junta is improving its image in the run-up to elections due in February next year. For example, 30 billion baht is being invested in 82.000 villages.
Critics consider it a form of populism and accuse the army of gaining support for like-minded political parties so that the army can retain its influence on government policy after the elections.
Interior Minister Anupong calls this nonsense. According to him, the money comes from an additional budget of 150 billion, for which the cabinet gave the green light in January. The money is intended to improve the economy in the provinces and to combat poverty. The village committees themselves will be responsible for spending.
These include a welfare and subsidy program for the poor and the Otop program (One Tambon One Product) aimed at promoting local products. There is also budget for agricultural reform and village funds.
Source: Bangkok Post
Populism or not, if the people in the villages benefit from it… so much the better. If not, the money will go to the "well-off", including those who now criticize because they have an "image" of being politically correct.
It's the result that counts.
The village committees will no doubt know where to spend the money, eg in road construction and irrigation, a health center with a pharmacy and equipment for working the land. They know that, of course, locally, a lot better than the national government.
And one thing those village committees will never forget from their inhabitants > a smashing party with performances on a big stage, free food and maybe even free drinks.
It is unavoidable that something sticks to the bow here and there and that problem occurs all over the world, certainly not only in Thailand.
If you do nothing as a government, it is called: lack of vision, too little support measures and short-sighted self-interest. If you finance a welfare and subsidy program for the poor and the Otop (One Tambon One Product) program, you will be accused of the government “beautifying its image in the run-up to the elections that will be held in should take place in February next year”. Typical rhetoric of an opposition that sees its own image deteriorating.