Amid scepticism, Thai Niyom scheme kicks off

By KAS CHANWANPEN 
THE NATION 

 

 

ORGANIC FARMING leaders and experts in Nakhon Pathom province, where the government’s grand Thai Niyom scheme kicked off yesterday, remain sceptical despite Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha and his government showing they were serious about its implementation.
 

Pathompong Jongsaksawat, 26, a community development specialist working with the organic farming network Punsuk [happiness sharing], told The Nation that he was not fully confident given the lack of consistency in the government policies.

 

“Last year, we managed to found this network thanks to the budget allocated from the Pracharat scheme. But then, it got discontinued and we just had to find other sources of funding,” he said. “And now they have launched this new policy, Thai Niyom. So, I don’t know where this would lead to. We’ll have to wait and see.”

 

Pathompong, who also participated in the event yesterday, said that Prayut appeared to take the matter seriously as he listened to the agriculturists’ problems and ordered officials to receive complaints. But Pathompong was unsure whether or not to support Prayut in the next election.

 

“I have to see how much his policies achieve. I’m also open to see policies presented by other parties. And I’ll decide when the time comes,” he said.

 

The remarks followed Prayut’s visit to the province to kick off the scheme, which is aimed at diagnosing people’s problems at the local level and solving them.

 

The government picked Nakhon Pathom province to launch the project as it is one of the country’s prime organic farming and land rights promotion areas.

 

Prayut, along with his concerned ministers, including Agriculture Minister Grisada Boonrach, paid a visit to Laembua agricultural learning centre in Nakhon Chaisri district and a few other locations to see the first agricultural land reform plots in the country.

 

Prayut told people there that the government’s Thai Niyom committees would visit 70,000 villages nationwide and ask people about their problems so that it can tackle them at their roots.

 

Thai Niyom, he said, is the concept that every Thai favours doing a good deed for the sake of public interest and others. He himself adheres to this principle, Prayut said, saying that he is not a politician, but a retired soldier who understands the people’s plight.

 

His government visited Nakhon Pathom to see how it could help connect elements in the farming sector for better productivity and prices.

 

Farm produce, he said, tends to be taken as “political produce”, while his government is trying to ensure that is not the case.

 

His government, he said, had come to learn about the people’s problems and solve them although it would take time.

 

As the problems have been fixed and the election comes, he urged them to vote for the best choice.

 

“We come today not to make you love us, but to solve the problems. We will take care of every one of you farmers, but you have to sympathise with us too, as Thailand has 74,000 villages and all have problems of their own,” said Prayut. He urged them to help the government and then vote for a government for all Thais, not just their own.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30339412

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-02-22

It is nothing but re-packaged monies which were already allocated.  It isn't a 'new' scheme if all you are doing if shifting money from one budget to another.

 

35 minutes ago, webfact said:

Prayut told people there that the government’s Thai Niyom committees would visit 70,000 villages nationwide and ask people about their problems so that it can tackle them at their roots.

 

The government's Thai Niyom committees will waste two billion Baht (2,000,000,000.00!!!!!) on lunches between local officials and national officials so that Prayut can use tax monies to build a political network.

 

One of the most shocking abuses of public money that I have ever seen.

 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

He himself adheres to this principle (Thai Niyom), Prayut said, saying that he is not a politician, but a retired soldier who understands the people’s plight.

Only last month he said..... "I am no longer a soldier. Understood? I'm just a politician who used to be a soldier" 

Which statement is the lie and which one is the truth. I suspect people are starting to judge him as neither a soldier or a politician but just an out and out liar.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/thai-junta-leader-maneuvers-to-stay-in-power-20180104-h0delb.html

And you can bet your last baht that the master schemers inside the civil service are already hatching rorting plans how they can get their grubby hands on some of that Thai Niyom 300 billion baht. Just as they did when they embezzled funds from the "destitute centres" and other populist "free money" handout schemes in Thailand.

Edited February 22, 20188 yr by Cadbury

2 hours ago, webfact said:

make you love us,

Make , as in Force; this is the exact opposite of what 'hearts and minds' is all about;

it is the thinking of a military general; not one i would champion as a leader

He's not going to visit 70.000 villages himself. Its just going to become a free food bonanza for the villagers with local government officials lining their own pockets and not giving a shit about Thai Niyom

I'm going to stamp out corruption and end populist politics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next time.

 

2 hours ago, YetAnother said:

Make , as in Force; this is the exact opposite of what 'hearts and minds' is all about;

it is the thinking of a military general; not one i would champion as a leader

Yes, this common Thai misuse of the English word 'make' (here 'make you love me') is often quite amusing: I think it is either Nok Air or Thai Air Asia (or one such domestic airline) that has as its slogan, 'We Make You Fly'! It conjures up images of people being bound and gagged and dragged onto an aeroplane against their will and whisked off to unknown destinations to be 'attitude adjusted' ...!

 

 

Edited February 22, 20188 yr by Eligius

 

 

1 hour ago, Dave67 said:

He's not going to visit 70.000 villages himself. Its just going to become a free food bonanza for the villagers with local government officials lining their own pockets and not giving a shit about Thai Niyom

Has it ever been otherwise with those big projects ? Sadly this is just a vote buying scheme like the schemes the PTP had. Condemning their popular policies and doing them himself hypocrite. 

Edited February 22, 20188 yr by robblok

'Thai Niyom, Prayuth said, is the concept that every Thai favours doing a good deed for the sake of public interest and others ...'

 

Translated: 'Every Thai must make ME, PRAYUTH, happy by doing WHAT I AND MY JUNTA DEMAND. We good people are the only "others" that count ...'

5 hours ago, webfact said:

So, I don’t know where this would lead to. We’ll have to wait and see.”

Again Thailand 4.0 in full swing: do nothing, watch, wait, and see.

"Scheme-du-Jour".

 

 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

“Last year, we managed to found this network thanks to the budget allocated from the Pracharat scheme. But then, it got discontinued and we just had to find other sources of funding,”

 

 

 

The Praharat "scheme" suffered from corruption and had to be replaced. Don't hear too much about that do you?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, Dave67 said:

He's not going to visit 70.000 villages himself.

 

Correct, they have formed 7,663 "mobilizing teams" to hand out the cash for this "Scheme"

 

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30338452

Let me try an educate you guys .. Once and for hereafter.. 

Let's start the story about one guy who got caught with his pants down at his topless birthday party (don't need the dark web to watch the video). He got caught on the wrong side of the street when a certain future event was deemed close by enough to engage plan A. A deal was done.. Then it was just a case of waiting.. Its no coincidence that this golden monkey already had a foot in the two sides required to do the deal. The skimming machine would have to be cranked by someone so why not Mr monkey?.. Now the nest of vipers that he lies in each night whisper the same old schemes just the operator and benificary have changed... No worries.. Let's call it Thai 4.0

23 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

 

Correct, they have formed 7,663 "mobilizing teams" to hand out the cash for this "Scheme"

 

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30338452

 

Ludicrous Total teams about 7600 x 4 team members = 30,400 + 3 Mini vans

Edited February 23, 20188 yr by Dave67

100 billion baht for his own personal campaign a year before the competition is allowed to meet in a room larger than an elevator.

There really is no limit to what this country will tolerate when some billionaire isn't whipping them up with whistles and clappers.

Edited February 23, 20188 yr by canuckamuck

On 21/02/2018 at 9:52 PM, webfact said:

Pathompong Jongsaksawat, 26, a community development specialist working with the organic farming network Punsuk [happiness sharing], told The Nation that he was not fully confident given the lack of consistency in the government policies.

Love the " not fully confident given the lack of consistency in the Government policies " quote .. 

 

On 21/02/2018 at 9:52 PM, webfact said:

As the problems have been fixed and the election comes, he urged them to vote for the best choice.

" And the election comes " as soon as I ensure the other lot can't win .. again ..

Scepticism .. Is that not a quality that can earn you some attitude adjustment .?