Parliament, "Pakornwut" points out that the government's adjustment of the "Digital Wallet" conditions is not in accordance with the campaign policy. Asks the public to keep an eye on what the country's benefits are. Insists that the opposition has no plans to sue the court, just preparing possible channels. And does not accept the sarcasm "The opposition has no future." Mr. Pakornwut Udompipatsakul, Chairman of the Coordinating Committee of the Opposition Parties, or the opposition whip, said about today's opposition whip meeting that there was a consideration of the draft of the additional budget bill for 2024 that will be submitted to the House of Representatives tomorrow (July 17). The draft was proposed to be used solely for the digital wallet project. We invited various agencies to ask for details about each agency's opinions and background. For the Move Forward Party, there are already about 10-11 names of debaters, while the Democrat Party has announced 3 people, but it is expected that there will b e more. Other sales parties will also join the debate. The content of the debate will be related to the digital wallet project, but it is likely to have many aspects, including the law, budget allocation and value, budget and various concerns about the project. There will be a variety of concerns, such as the use of the budget, which the government is trying to expand, and the budget with the largest deficit, which has caused other projects to miss out that may not be able to be done because the budget has been used up to the full budget. We asked the Prime Minister last week that the central budget for 2024 was disbursed quite a bit. We have assumed that the government is trying to hold back or manage, not using the central budget in other matters, in order to have a budget to do this project. If we lose the opportunity to solve problems in other projects and then gamble with the digital wallet project, this kind of money transfer policy creates a very small fiscal multiplier. And it is expected that the gov ernment has recently known, admitting that the fiscal multiplier will even reach 0.5. I am not sure if it is worth betting everything to do this project. Many people may see it as following the campaign policies, but I would like you to think that when talking about campaign policies, especially policies that use the budget, I would like you to look at it in 3 parts: where does the budget come from, what will it be used for, and what will the results be? 'If we go back to when the Pheu Thai Party was elected, they said that this policy would not borrow or expand the budget to this extent, saying that there would be increased tax collection and reduced unused budgets. The source of the budget has been changed until it is no longer original. There is only one thing left: distributing 10,000 baht, not even universally. The policy before the election was campaigned on beautifully, but if we look at the truth, the policy that was campaigned on and the policy that is being implemented now are not the policies tha t the Pheu Thai Party campaigned on at all. They are different policies. Therefore, I would like to invite the public to keep an eye on it. If this project is really implemented, what will be the cost and benefits for the country? Will the final result be as good as the campaign before the election?' said Mr. Pakornwut. Regarding the news that the opposition will file a complaint with the Administrative Court regarding the digital wallet project, if the government really implements this project, Mr. Pakornwut said that he would like to make an excuse that the opposition never said they would file a complaint. Ms. Sirikanya Tansakul, MP for the Move Forward Party, has already said that no offense has been committed, no law has been enforced, and no damage has been caused in terms of the law. Therefore, we must wait and see. We only talked about possible channels, but there is no indication that we are ready to go to court. We are just looking for channels to prepare for consideration. Initially, the parliamen tary method would be the best way to communicate to the people. Even though we are in the minority, we may not be able to fight. But when the vote is passed and a committee is set up, we will have to request complete information. As for the government's confidence in having more than 314 votes, Mr. Pakornwut said that whether it is 300 or 350, it doesn't make a difference. We are still a minority as before. There are no problems and we work as usual. As for the live QandA last week, the rhetoric 'no future opposition' was raised, how will we prepare to deal with it? Mr. Pakornwut said that he did not care that much. The Prime Minister has already said that he did not mean anything, and it may not mean the opposition. "I often see the Prime Minister growling at other agencies, such as the Bank of Thailand. It could be the Bank of Thailand. I will not accept this sarcasm and I do not know who the Prime Minister is sarcastic about," said Mr. Pakornwut. Source: Thai News Agency