With a flourish of determination and an ambition to bring dynamic evolution to policy-making, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin orchestrated a gathering of minds beneath the stately aura of Government House. The occasion? A prodigious meeting destined to breathe new life into the country’s 20-year national strategy, a framework whose original blueprints were carefully penned by predecessors but now cry out for innovation in an era that dances to the unpredictable rhythms of change.
Picture the scene: the Prime Minister, with a keen eye on the ever-shifting geopolitical chessboard, presides with vigor over a committee brimming with the nation’s distinguished leaders. Comrades in change, such as House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha, Senate Speaker Pornpetch Wichitcholchai, and the defense’s permanent secretary, joined Mr. Srettha in spirited dialogue, dissecting the very fabric of the long-term strategy birthed on October 8, 2018, under the watchful governance of the Prayut Chan-o-cha administration, a strategy poised to guide the nation to 2037 on a trajectory towards security, prosperity, and the bright gleam of developed status.
Indeed, this grand vision, a legacy of the late King Rama IX, set forth the guiding principle of sufficiency—a lighthouse guiding policies to uplift the well-being of the populous, ignite the competitive spirit of the economy, distribute the fruits of progress equitably, and cherish both our human and natural resources. The quest for social equality and an efficient state echoed through the halls of lore, but now, these tales face the restless winds of change.
Yet, dissenting voices rise amid the silence of assent, scrutinizing the strategy as a quiet sentinel of junta heritage, its rigid laws a potential shackle for the effervescent tide of fresh development ideologies. In response, Mr. Srettha proffers a clarion call for adaptability, urging for the strategy to become as fluid as the waters of reform and technological waves that lap at our global shores.
“Consider the realm of clean energy,” Mr. Srettha muses, as he reflects on enlightening discourse gathered through his international sojourns—dialogues where the central narrative was set on sustainable vigor. Facing a world stage where superpower squabbles in the guise of trade spats between China and the US shape our very destiny, a strategy set in stone is rendered obsolete.
Through Mr. Srettha’s eyes, a sharpened strategy must emerge—one that mirrors the intricate dance of geopolitical forces and the audacious spirit of innovation. It is a call to create a vision malleable enough to withstand the test of time, ensuring that the nation’s trajectory remains unfixed, unbound, and ready to soar on the wings of progress.
Mr. Srettha envisions a future not anchored in the ideologies etched out by the stalwarts of yesteryears, but rather, a horizon that’s undeniably of the people, evergreen in its relevance, and reflective of the values and dreams of each new generation to grasp the nation’s helm. “They,” he concludes, as he peers into the nascent light of tomorrow, “should be the architects of their destiny, free to choose which way to steer the ship of strategy.”
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