Activist seeks court ruling on govt’s B500bn digital handout

November 13, 2023

PUBLISHED : 13 Nov 2023 at 14:12

Activist Srisuwan Janya, left, hands his written complaint to Piya Luedetkul, complaint director at the Office of the Ombudsman, on Monday morning. (Photo from his Facebook page)

An activist has asked the Ombudsman to seek a Constitutional Court ruling on the legality of the government’s plan to borrow 500 billion baht to fund its election-policy digital wallet handout.

The move by persistent petitioner Srisuwan Janya came after Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said…