In a parliamentary revelation yesterday, January 5, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin admitted that his government had inherited the controversial fiscal 2024 budget and was scrambling to make necessary improvements.
Opposition MPs, particularly from the Democrat Party, unleashed a barrage of complaints, alleging unfair budget allocations that left southern provinces in the lurch.
PM Srettha found himself in the hot seat during the final day of a heated three-day House of Representatives debate on the 3.48-trillion-baht budget bill for fiscal 2024. The southern provinces, a traditional stronghold of the Democrats, were at the centre of the storm, with claims of insufficient state funds.
Facing the ire of opposition MPs, the 61 year old PM defended his government’s position.
“You have to understand that we have inherited this budget bill. And we are…
