Prayut declares battle against inequality

“The disparity is a big challenge to the government. We have to create jobs and income for people and solve the corruption problem,” said the premier.
He said reducing inequality did not mean making everybody equal, because that is not democracy.
“Today we are following democracy. You can only invest as much as you can afford. If you have no capital you need access to a source of finance. We can help you with this and, by doing so, reduce inequality. But this doesn’t mean handing out money to all people equally,” he said.
The prime minister also expressed concerns over the country’s development, saying the government had to work in a hands-on way to bring progress.
 “Our neighbour countries have developed rapidly, but we lag behind because of internal fighting,” said Prayut.
The premier said that since his first day in the job, he had been listing problems that needed to be solved before the country’s income could be lifted.
However Prayut, who is also chief of National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), expressed satisfaction with the NCPO’s performance over the past four months. Referring to a joint meeting between the Cabinet and the NCPO on Tuesday, he said the government and the NCPO had to focus on solving the country’s problems in a proactive way.