People's Party deputy leader Sirikanya Tansakun has urged the government to rethink its proposed early retirement scheme for civil servants, arguing that it has put the cart before the horse by prioritising workforce reductions before deciding which state agencies should be merged or abolished.
Her comments followed Deputy Prime Minister Pakorn Nilprapunt's announcement of a broad civil service reform plan, which includes dissolving agencies with overlapping responsibilities and offering voluntary early retirement packages to affected personnel. The first organisation slated for dissolution is the Land Bank Administration Institute, whose functions will be transferred to the Office of the National Land Policy Board from September.
