Stalled cash handout scheme sours voters on ruling party 


Rungthiwa Pimphanit waited months for a long-promised cash handout of 10,000 baht (RM1,290) from Thailand’s ruling party, which she backed in 2023 elections, but now the scheme to stimulate a stalling economy has been put on ice.

“There’s no way I will vote for them again,” said the 34-year-old government employee from the northeastern province of Nong Bua Lam Phu, who had counted on the money to pay for her son’s school supplies.

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