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New Opportunity Party Policy Reveals Government Data to Reduce Monopoly and Adjust Minimum Wage Appropriately

Theissue29 Dec 2025 20:44 GMT+7

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New Opportunity Party Policy Reveals Government Data to Reduce Monopoly and Adjust Minimum Wage Appropriately

The New Opportunity Party's policy, "Opportunities for All Thais," reveals government data, unlocks outdated laws, and sets a new economic structure to reduce monopolies and appropriately adjust the minimum wage.

New Opportunity Party Led by Mr. Chatuporn Buruspat the party leader, who announced the party's policies on 21 Dec 2025 GMT+7 under the slogan "Opportunities for All Thais." The party aims to create space for citizens to participate in shaping the country's future themselves, while pushing forward reforms of the national structure by repealing and updating outdated laws that no longer fit current contexts, to remove obstacles to daily life, occupations, and sustainable, equitable national development.

The party also introduced candidates for party-list and constituency MPs, including Saranwut Saranket, former MP for Uttaradit from the Pheu Thai Party and former member of the United Thai Nation Party; Rosarin Saranket, daughter of Saranwut and a prospective MP candidate for Uttaradit; and Praphat Chongsanguan, former governor of the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand and former strategist for the Thai Raksa Chart Party, who joined the New Opportunity Party launch.

In politics,

  • the party opens opportunities for citizens to participate in determining the country's future within a democratic system under a constitutional monarchy.
  • It promotes decentralization of power and budgets to local areas so citizens can manage and develop their own communities.
  • It aims to elevate political operations to be transparent, have good governance, be efficient, and accountable to the people.

Regarding public administration,

  • the party commits to disclosing government information for public access and scrutiny, ensuring transparency and efficient use of budgets.
  • It plans to reform the bureaucracy for effective coordination, focusing on citizen-centered services.

In legal matters,

  • the party intends to review, amend, or repeal outdated laws that no longer suit current situations or obstruct daily life and investment.
  • It will reduce licensing and approval procedures to align with the rule of law and democracy.

In the justice process,

  • the party aims to develop justice and government operations to be faster, transparent, and auditable, reducing costs and barriers for public access to justice.

Regarding education,

  • the party plans to ensure educational equity, giving all age groups access to quality education nationwide.
  • It seeks to fairly distribute educational resources and enhance local administrative organizations' roles in managing education appropriate to local contexts.
  • It will accelerate education reform by developing teachers, curricula, teaching methods, and assessment systems to improve education quality at all levels.

In social matters,

  • the party promotes good and fair quality of life for citizens and protects the underprivileged.
  • It aims to develop universal welfare alongside a basic income.
  • It will expand learning opportunities inside and outside schools, focusing on learner-centered approaches that allow self-discovery.
  • It supports diversity and gender equality.

In natural resources and environment,

  • the party plans to manage natural resources with public participation alongside sustainable development.
  • It promotes clean energy and environmental management with good governance.
  • It emphasizes the principle "polluters must be responsible" and fair distribution of resource benefits.
  • It supports fair land allocation and upgrades sustainable agriculture to add value.

Regarding public health,

  • the party ensures public access to quality, convenient, fast, and comprehensive healthcare services.
  • It promotes research and innovation in medicine, and the production of Thai medicines and medical equipment.
  • It aims to increase capacity to respond to emerging diseases.

In information technology,

  • the party plans to use digital technology to create economic and social opportunities, improve public administration efficiency, and enhance private sector competitiveness.
  • It supports grassroots businesses and new industries.

Regarding security,

  • the party will pursue a neutral foreign policy prioritizing national interests and cooperating internationally based on global principles.
  • It seeks to professionalize the military, enhancing personnel readiness, technology, and information systems to address increasingly frequent and severe disasters.
  • It commits to serious drug suppression alongside rehabilitation to reintegrate users into society.

In economic matters,

  • the party plans to restructure the economy to reduce monopolies, promote fair competition, and reduce inequality.
  • It will promote new industries such as digital, green economy, and high-value tourism.
  • It supports research, development, productivity improvement, and carbon emission reduction.
  • It encourages Thai businesses and entrepreneurs to join global supply chains.
  • It emphasizes SMEs and grassroots economy to generate domestic income and jobs.
  • It aims to adjust the minimum wage suitably, develop workforce skills, and protect workers according to international standards.
  • It plans to manage informal labor to improve quality of life.
  • It will create opportunities for the poor to access farmland.
  • It intends to reform the tax system to be fair and reduce tax avoidance.
  • It will develop infrastructure, transportation, water sources, and accessible public transit systems for the people.