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Accountability urged for B400bn loan

A shopper scans a QR code to make a purchase using the government's co-payment scheme, which has been revived in the form of the "Thai Chuay Thai Plus" (Thais Help Thais Plus) scheme funded by a 200-billion-baht portion of the emergency loan decree. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)

The government is being urged to implement projects under the 400-billion-baht emergency loan decree with integrity, provided its legitimacy is endorsed by the Constitutional Court.

The call was made by Thammasak Sethaudom, president and chief executive of Siam Cement Group, after the executive decree issued by the cabinet was criticised for allegedly violating constitutional provisions, particularly Section 172, which allows emergency executive action only in cases of unavoidable urgency.

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