The government, the spokesman said, had not overlooked the problem and tried to address it via its initiatives. Chuan submitted the letter via Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam to express concern about dropping household incomes in the South and to recommend action to improve the situation. Politics prior to the 2014 coup was plagued with conflicts and divisions, Sansern said, which partly disrupted the work of past governments to improve people’s living conditions. The government realised that it is not easy to quickly raise people’s quality of life and their incomes, he added. A number of recommendations made in the letter by Chuan had already been pursued by the government, and a number of initiatives were being worked on to improve people’s living conditions, Sansern said.

Source: The Nation Bangkok December 11, 2017 12:45 UTC