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UNBELIEVABLE: Getting ready for a new economic era | History Defined

Sirikanya Tansakun, deputy party leader of the Move Forward Party, who is touted as the next finance minister. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

Admittedly, I did not vote for Move Forward Party (MFP). I did like the idea of pro-democracy, equality for all, people-centric policies, and de-monopolisation, all of which they espouse.

However, I have been indoctrinated that "growth" should be at the centre of all economic policies and MFP's policies exhibit no such philosophy. On the contrary, the party called for anti-growth policies like an immediate increase of the minimum wage to 450 baht per day and monthly payments of 3,000 baht to the elderly.

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