Chada calls for reform of the Thai bureaucratic system, which has swollen executive positions to the point where there are "only people giving orders and none doing the work." He compares it to "garbage swept under the rug," representing a burden on the national budget due to the growing number of management posts.
On 6 July 2026 at the Parliament, during the special committee meeting to consider the 2027 annual budget bill, Mr. Chada Thaiset, a committee member, spoke about the government's rising recurrent expenditures, especially personnel costs, which have continuously increased, limiting the government's ability to allocate budget for other vital investments and national development.
Mr. Chada said that for decades, policies to reduce the number of civil servants have been announced, but in practice, the number of positions and related expenses have consistently grown, including salaries, medical benefits, and pensions. These now total hundreds of billions of baht, and combined with civil servant salaries, the personnel budget burden exceeds one trillion baht annually.
He pointed out excessive growth in positions across various government agencies, such as in the Ministry of Interior, where provincial administrations have up to four deputy governors per province at the executive entry level. At the central level, the number of ministry inspector positions (senior executives) is unnecessarily high. Furthermore, local government officials have seen an increase in senior-level position frameworks beyond necessity. This results in the government bearing heavy compensation costs for rapidly multiplying senior civil servant positions while many operational roles are traded to agencies to inflate their senior staff numbers, reflecting an unbalanced workforce structure and creating a situation of "only people giving orders, no workers doing the tasks."
Mr. Chada stated that this issue is "garbage swept under the rug" of the Thai bureaucratic system. He urged relevant agencies, especially those responsible for civil service personnel management, to seriously review the expansion of management position frameworks. Allowing unnecessary position increases will further burden the country's budget long-term and affect the state's capacity to allocate funds for national development.
Additionally, Mr. Chada proposed that the government accelerate efforts to improve resource efficiency, such as promoting electric vehicle use in government agencies to reduce PM2.5 pollution, installing solar panel systems on government buildings to cut energy costs, and reviewing the nearly 10 billion baht annual government vehicle rental budget to ensure public spending is cost-effective and efficient.