"Ice Rakchanok" fired back at "Suchart" in a heated response, admitting she is not an expert in groundwater drilling but is highly skilled at spotting suspicious budget irregularities. She questioned why, if he lacks expertise in any ministry, he continues to serve as a minister repeatedly.
On 6 August 2026, Ms. Rakchanok Srinok, a party-list MP from the Prachachon Party, posted on Facebook responding to Mr. Suchart Chomklin, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, stating that the Cabinet resolution on 3 February 2026 was merely to consider drought response measures for 2026 and did not approve funds or projects.
The Cabinet resolution on 23 June 2026 was when the Cabinet approved 6.5 billion baht and selected which areas the projects would cover. Normally, water-related projects nationwide must be approved by the National Water Resources Committee (NWRC) first. However, many projects in this set had not yet passed NWRC and were only reviewed on 16 July 2026, after approval, then reported to NWRC. Therefore, claims that all projects had passed NWRC are false.
1. It was claimed that the February election occurred before project requests, but these requests came from local administrative organizations nationwide before knowing who the district MPs would be. In reality, budget requests total tens of billions across thousands of projects nationwide. So even if requests existed beforehand, it is possible to select only projects in one’s own party’s areas after the election. Such reasoning is illogical. To prove fairness—that approval matches actual urgent needs—an easy method is to open budget requests from the past five years, plot them on a map against projects receiving funds, and check whether distribution is truly transparent.
"Don’t speak vaguely; present data. If you are sincere, provide the requested information as well."
2. The current drought solution through groundwater drilling is solely for household water use, not agricultural sites. The permanent secretary himself admitted this project is a one-size-fits-all approach, as all projects look similar regardless of location—they install solar-powered groundwater pumps, differing only in pipe length.
3. This 6.5 billion baht project to install solar-powered groundwater pumps must be completed within 90 days. The observation is that such a large-scale project requires specialized equipment. No one in this country would have pre-stocked nearly 10 billion baht worth of solar-powered groundwater pump equipment, as the government usually spends only a few hundred million baht per year on such projects.
If contractors or solar panel owners did not know in advance about the approval of such a large budget, who could procure the equipment in time or prepare matching specifications? Simply put, is there any restaurant that usually serves 100 seats daily but suddenly prepares food for 10,000 without prior notice of customers?
4. Mr. Suchart Chomklin accused me of criticizing the groundwater project without knowledge. I admit I am not an expert in groundwater drilling, but I am highly skilled at detecting budget irregularities in projects that may involve corruption. I wonder if he has ever reflected on himself. He has served as minister in several ministries but has not demonstrated expertise in any, nor presented policies aligned with their missions before taking office. There is no record of improvements from the ministries he once managed that benefited the public’s lives. Yet, surprisingly, he continues to be appointed minister repeatedly.