The current caretaker administration’s change of ministerial regulations, regarding the welfare subsidy for all Thai citizens aged 60 and over, to only people who do not have an income or who do not have sufficient income has come under fierce attack by politicians from various parties.
The new regulation came into force on August 12th, after its publication in the Royal Gazette.
Under the old Interior Ministry regulation, all Thai nationals aged 60 and over, who are not government officials or state enterprise workers, were entitled to a state subsidy, amounting to between 600 and 1,000 baht per month, depending on their age.
Thai Sang Thai party leader Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan said in her Facebook post today (Monday) that the change amounts to discrimination against pensioners and denies the principle that all pensioners should be entitled to state support.
She said that the…
