"Chulaphan" ignores criticism of changing digital money to cash, says not to listen to people who don't know the details, proceed according to the original timeline. Mr. Chulaphan Amornvivat, Deputy Minister of Finance, said that after receiving the royal approval, the new cabinet came quite quickly and will take the oath before taking office tomorrow (September 6, 67). According to the law, the policy statement must be announced 15 days after the oath-taking day. However, the government has already prepared the government's policies. Therefore, the policy statement is scheduled to be announced to the parliament on September 12-13, which will be a joint meeting of the new MPs and Senators, with Ms. Paethongtarn Shinawatra, the Prime Minister, proposing the motion to the meeting. The cabinet is ready to answer all questions and doubts. After the policy statement to the parliament, the cabinet will be able to perform its duties completely to drive the country forward. As for whether the first lump sum paymen t for the 10,000-baht digital wallet project will be available in September, Mr. Chulaphan reiterated that since the policy statement process was completed relatively quickly, the entire process will continue, adhering to the original timeline: registration for the smartphone group will be closed today, September 15, and registration for those without smartphones will be opened from September 16 to October 16. However, since the policy statement has not yet been submitted to parliament, details have not yet been disclosed to the public. However, a detailed statement will be made on September 12 to 13. Mr. Chulaphan added that those who commented that if this project is changed to cash handouts instead of being called a digital wallet project, it is just words from people in the parliament. Please do not listen to them because they do not even know the details of the project. However, he confirmed that some details of the project will likely be changed to cash, while some will be in the form of wallets. He al so emphasized that economic stimulus must be urgent and a balance must be created between cash and wallets in order to speed up the money reaching the people and the economy to recover quickly. Meanwhile, the main objective of this project is to lay the foundation for the digital economy and to make people familiar with the use of new technologies. Therefore, some of the money will have to come in the form of wallets. Source: Thai News Agency
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