‘Top Three Policies’ from Orange-Red-Blue parties carry multi-billion baht budgets to improve Thais’ quality of life

According to Section 57 of the Organic Act on Political Parties B.E. 2017 and the ECT Announcement on Criteria and Methods for Verifying Political Party Policies Requiring Advertising Spending B.E. 2025, political parties must report their policies requiring advertising spending to the Election Commission at least 20 days before the general election for members of the House of Representatives.

Currently, 51 political parties submitted policies requiring advertising spending with the Election Commission. These policies are now being considered by the Committee on Political Party Policies Requiring Advertising Spending and the Election Commission.

The ECT finds it is appropriate to make this information available to the public in order for them to examine the policies of each political party. Once the Committee on Political Party Policies Requiring Advertising Spending and the Election Commission have concluded their reviews, the information will be made available to the public so that they can make educated voting decisions.

Top 3 highest budget policies proposed by Thailand’s Three major political parties

Pheu Thai puts forward '57 policies' with a combined budget of 243.3 Billion Baht

Thais free from poverty’ Policy: 60 Billion Baht

The Pheu Thai Party seeks to address the core cause of poverty by bringing all citizens out of poverty, improving their standard of living, and securing adequate income. In terms of risks and consequences, the party believes that educating the public and controlling the budget are necessary to maximize advantages beyond the given monies.

Boost agricultura profit policy: 31 Billion Baht

Due to the volatility of agricultural commodity prices, which produces farmer debt, this policy seeks to give Thai farmers with consistent incomes, prevent losses, and mitigate the impact of swings in global market prices, disasters, labor expenses, fertilizer costs, and machinery costs. Risks include pricing shifts and the necessity to manage the budget in order to optimize benefits.

One free installment after a year of payments: 30 billion baht

This policy seeks to encourage and promote financial discipline among debtors by encouraging prompt payments. This will lower the risk of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the banking sector while increasing liquidity for low- and middle-income families. Regarding the policy's risks, the Pheu Thai Party noted that some debtors may be uninformed of the measures or their rights.

However, the aforementioned explanatory statement has no mention of the policy of "creating 9 millionaires a day, 1 million baht each," which was proclaimed by the party's leader and candidate, Mr. Julaphan Amornphiwat, on January 23.

Bhumjaithai Party unveils 8 policies backed by over 148.326 Billion Baht

The top 3 policies with the highest budgets are:

Bhumjaithai highlights '8 Policies' backed by a budget of over 148.326 Billion Baht

The first 200 units would receive an electricity subsidy of 3 baht each :63,360 million baht.

The Bhumjaithai Party intends to alleviate the public's burden of electricity expenditures by lowering the cost of the first 200 units to 3 baht, reshaping the electricity tariff to be more equitable, lowering living costs and improving people's quality of life.

"Half-Half Plus" policy: 44,000 million baht.

This is an extension of the "Quick Big Win" policy, which seeks short-term stimulus with long-term, widespread benefits. The Bhumjaithai Party regards this strategy as a critical tool for boosting the country's economic growth, increasing consumer purchasing power, and lowering the cost of living.

The policy of recruiting 100,000 volunteer soldiers (4-year contracts with a monthly salary of 12,000 baht: 22,700 million baht.

This attempts to address the contemporary army's long-term personnel and budgetary problems. The goal is to go from "compulsion" to "voluntary" participation. The Bhumjaithai Party sees the benefits as improving the military by transforming volunteer soldiers into a higher-quality workforce, projecting a modern army image, and offering prospects for vocational training, job market progression, and further education. The party claims that there are no repercussions or hazards associated with implementing these policies.

People’s Party pushes 36 Policies with a combined budget of 714.835 Billion Baht

People’s Party allocates the largest share of its policy budget to welfare totaling 286.75 billion baht, including:

Increasing child subsidies and establishing quality childcare centers

Elderly allowances totaling 190,000 million baht

Increasing disability allowances

Welfare for gender equality

Comprehensive housing management.

The People's Party seek to care for all lives by providing universal welfare in all aspects of life beginning with birth, supporting subsidies for young children, childcare centers, improving the lives of the elderly, providing housing, and restoring the rights of LGBTQ+ people through their own choice of prefixes to eliminate discrimination and build a strong society. The People's Party argues that the hazards of implementing these policies include an influence on the government's future fiscal situation as the senior population grows and their life expectancy increases.

The Water Management Policy provides funding of 60,000 million baht to support local administrative agencies in managing small water sources.

The People's Party advocates overhauling water management by centralized oversight, transforming the National Water Resources Office into a true controlling body. The policy's effectiveness stems from its efficient water management, which is adapted to the demands of the local community. Farmers in non-irrigated areas gain from improved water resources. However, unpredictability in weather patterns puts a risk to the policy's implementation.

The policy aims to promote fair competition and a just energy restructuring by investing 53 billion baht: infrastructure improvements including smart meters, digital transformers and renovated electric train stations.

The People's Party claims that, despite the significant investment, this strategy will promote free competition in the energy market, provide affordable energy to the public and companies, and safeguard them from unjust intervention. However, one significant concern remains the effectiveness and enforcement of competition rules.

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