The incumbent government’s vision for a sustainable future for Thailand is being criticised ahead of Sunday’s snap general election.
Local communities, opposition parties and environmental groups say the vision, known as the Bio-Circular-Green Economic (BCG) model, is failing to deliver on its stated aims of ensuring sustainability and equity. Instead, it is focussing on policies that keep power concentrated with the elite, they say.
According to opinion polls, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha is trailing the younger leaders of opposition parties Pheu Thai (PTP) and Move Forward (MFP). If one of the challengers wins, they will very likely ditch the BCG altogether, with their manifestos making no mention of it.
What is the vision?
The BCG is a broad plan to push Thailand toward sustainability and from a middle- to high-income country….
