BANGKOK: Thailand’s Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana resigned yesterday in a move that adds uncertainty to policy making at a time when South-East Asia’s worst-performing economy is struggling to recover from the impact of the Covid-19 crisis.
The departure of Uttama, who confirmed his resignation at a briefing, comes as the government has been rolling out billions of dollars of stimulus measures in a bid to support an economy battered by the pandemic’s hit to tourism and domestic activity.
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