Bangkok Post – Govt military budget slammed

January 5, 2024

Opposition questions Pheu Thai policies

Aekkarat Udomamnuay, an MFP MP for Bangkok, on Thursday questions budget allocations for the military, which the opposition believes goes against the policy to downsize the armed forces. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)

The opposition parties on Thursday took aim at budget allocations for the nation’s military, saying they ran counter to Pheu Thai Party’s policy statements on downsizing and reforming the armed forces.

On the second day of the debate on the budget bill for 2024, Aekkarat Udomamnuay, a Move Forward Party (MFP) MP for Bangkok,…