Parliament, Bodyguards to protect 10,000 baht have arrived. "Worawut" asks the opposition to study before criticizing "Digital Wallet", taunts "Welfare State" uses more money. "Dr. Srinyada" borrows "Pita's" words to praise the PM's project. "Settha" is the "first button", taunts, says the economy is not in crisis but predicts wrong every quarter. In the first regular session of the House of Representatives, the special agenda for consideration was the draft of the additional budget bill for fiscal year 2024, B.E. ... or the additional central budget to implement the 10,000 baht digital wallet project according to the government's policy, which was proposed by the Cabinet. It appeared that there were MPs discussing it extensively. Mr. Worawut Euapinyakul, MP for Phrae, Pheu Thai Party, gave a speech emphasizing that the digital wallet project is a financial innovation that will stimulate the circular economy and generate income for the people. The idea of ??this project is different from the welfare state. It is not a repeated handout of money and does not improve the people's living conditions. As for those who express their opinions and discuss the source of the money or whether this project will happen or not, they must study the project details to see how it can be done. Otherwise, they will not have the right to talk about the welfare project that uses a lot of money every year and only pays out and does not receive any. Therefore, please study carefully to understand more. 'The digital wallet project is not like the welfare state project, which is thought to require that once you become the government, you have to find money to hand out. You keep handing it out, no matter how much you hand out, it doesn't make the economy better because it's just handing out money. It doesn't make the people better. It's not like what the Pheu Thai Party did. In fact, those who debated said, 'How can the digital wallet project be done? Where did the money come from?' You have to study how it was done. Otherwise, you hav e no right to talk about the welfare state project, which uses more money than this and spends every year. You spend money out, but you don't take it in. You have to study how they do it. Otherwise, you won't have a chance to respond because you don't understand it,' said Mr. Worawut. The Digital Wallet project is a financial innovation in government money management, which is very new, using modern technology to create a revolving fund system for the people by managing it at the district and provincial levels, distributing it throughout the country, not distributing it everywhere without any goals and not generating income for the people. The digital wallet project is spent via the "Tang Rath" application for those aged 16 and over who have the potential to spend money. Mr. Worawat emphasized that all citizens will be both spenders and recipients of the 10,000 baht. While paying out, there is still a chance to receive money from other sources as well. It is not a one-time payment. This money will be in the money circulation system. Therefore, this sum of money will be large enough to invest to increase family income. And if there is more spending, the government will be able to collect more taxes. And the government will use the money from the tax collection to repay the digital wallet project. The money management is therefore circulating. I would like all MPs to see the benefits of the digital wallet project and take into account the household debt and economic crisis that are currently occurring as representatives of the people. Please see the benefits and support the government's additional budget this time. Please let go of the idea of ??opposing and think about the hardships of the people who are waiting for this money. At the end, Mr. Worawut said that he wanted to encourage the Prime Minister. Even though he had been greatly impacted, he was determined and believed that what he was doing would benefit the people and create stability for the country in the future, just like the government of the Thai R ak Thai Party under the leadership of Mr. Thaksin Shinawatra and Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra. He emphasized that the Pheu Thai Party would solve debt by generating income through the digital wallet project and would also solve the crisis for the country. While Dr. Sriyada Palimaphan, MP for the Pheu Thai Party, emphasized the benefits of the project, saying that it is a project that aims to create hope like giving a watering can to Thai people, watering the roots of a tree. The government believes in the potential of the people, having already rehabilitated the Tom Yum Kung crisis, starting with the village fund, suspending farmers' debts, and many more, along with large-scale investment. Digital wallet policies have been studied and proven successful, such as in the United States and Japan. In Thailand, we have an economic crisis. Digital wallet policies have been learned through many models in many countries around the world, whether it is setting conditions for using money, withdrawing it as cash, which in t he past there was no technology, increasing the efficiency of money circulation to have a larger impact on the economy. 'Some people like to say that the economy is not in crisis, but they are wrong every quarter. Many people are still suffering, their income has not recovered, household debt is the 7th highest in the world, and investment has been below potential for a long time. I would like to emphasize that the digital wallet policy is not about handing out money, but about providing opportunities and assistance to all people to recover from the economy that has been stuck for more than half a decade, so that everyone can recover and develop the country together, starting with the grassroots economy recovery, which is supported by the economic policies of the Pheu Thai Party, driven by Prime Minister Settha Thavisin, whose digital wallet policy is the first button,' said Dr. Sriyada. Dr. Sriyada said fellow members of the Move Forward Party should not have any problems with the principles of this projec t because they probably remember that the Move Forward Party had accepted the principle of being able to include a digital wallet policy in the MOU during the government formation period. 'The same version that one MP who has not moved on and still asked about in the past budget debate. Finally, I would like to support the additional budget bill for fiscal year 2024. Thank you,' said Dr. Srinyatha. Source: Thai News Agency