“Pichai”, acting Finance Minister, throws the question to the acting Cabinet meeting: Continue or stop, Digital Wallet. The Secretary-General of the Council of State reveals that in principle, it should stop when the Prime Minister changes.
Mr. Pichai Chunhavajira, acting deputy prime minister and acting minister of finance, spoke about the clarity of the policy of the 10,000 baht digital wallet top-up project, which there are rumors that it may be interrupted, saying that it is a government policy and declined to answer the question before asking to wait for the results of the caretaker cabinet meeting today.
While Mr. Pakorn Nilpraphun, Secretary-General of the Council of State, mentioned whether the project can be cancelled once the government changes and what will happen with the borrowed money, he said that he would have to ask the Minister of Finance.
When asked further whether if the statement to the parliament is a policy, can it be cancelled, Mr. Pakorn stated, ‘I think that in principle it should
be stopped,’ and there is no need to go back and ask for the opinion of the Council of State. -317.
Source: Thai News Agency