Budget will entrench power of military: student activists
IT took lawmakers just three hours to approve the Bt3-trillion budget for next year – and with all 206 legislators voting in favour of the bill, analysts believe the military government is sticking to its old school of thought.
Clearly the regime does not believe in reform and is more concerned with bolstering military power, they said. The deficit-creating budget – government revenue is estimated to be just Bt2.55 trillion – is disappointing to reformers, as it obviously aims to alter nothing in the status quo.
Wichit Chaitrong
