Progressives under fire over SSO board planListen to this articleRukchanok Srinork, centre, and Sia Champathong, right, campaign on social security on Silom Road in Bangkok on Jan 22. The controversy intensified after Sia Champathong, a PP party-list MP, dismissed claims that such a policy existed. Rachada Dhnadirek, a Bhumjaithai Party party-list MP candidate, highlighted the apparent contradictions in a Facebook post on Saturday. She pointed to a written policy issued by the Progressive Social Security team, specifically Policy No. 14, which proposed amending regulations to allow migrant workers to vote for and stand as candidates for seats on the SSO board.

Source: Bangkok Post January 31, 2026 23:53 UTC