While all eyes were fixed on the dramatic Tham Luang cave rescue, the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) approved the 20-year national strategy in a unanimous 179-0 vote. Under the plan, with binding effects for future governments and penalties for non-compliance, Thailand will become a fair and equitable society by 2036.
Thai citizens will be turned into lifelong learners, sophisticated workers, innovators and entrepreneurs. The country will grow into a green, secure and inclusive community, with a compact, efficient and transparent bureaucracy.
It is a radiant dream. Until one realises the National Strategy Committee, which will oversee its implementation, is more or less the military regime's twin plus a dozen or so handpicked experts.
