‘Kru Manit’ beats ‘Supatanapong’ Lukmorn knows how to solve the energy knot – don’t recommend just using a brazier to stoke the government to stop buying weapons to save money for crisis support Reveals PTT’s profits must pay dividends to shareholders first
At 10.40 a.m. on June 23, at the National Assembly, at a meeting of the House of Representatives with Mr. Supachai Phosu, the 2nd Vice-President of the House of Representatives as chairman of the meeting Consider the live question of Mr. Krumanit Sangpoom, MP for Surin, Pheu Thai Party (PA) asked Mr. Supattanapong Punmeechaow, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy. to the energy problem that today, people everywhere suffer from the price of oil That will spread to gas and electricity, but leadership must solve the crisis. And take the crisis as an opportunity, but Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha has never taken the crisis as an opportunity. Let the administration go according to the spell. Today, the people are really in trouble. Farmers have no money to hire tractors. And the price of fertilizer per sack is 1,800-1,900 baht, and I don’t know how much the price will go up. The government has only the word “will”, but it will not solve the problem.
But really, Mr. Supattanapong It used to be an oil process pot. and close to the Prime Minister You must know Therefore, there should be a solution to the crisis that arises. but replied that Supporting the oil fund has been exhausted. going to ask from the refinery Can I ask for it? because the refinery is a private company that must be managed by itself Otherwise, enough electricity is expensive. You are going to say that you are going to get money from the electricity fund to pay again or not? until affecting other matters Both consumer goods are becoming more expensive.
Mr. Kru Manit said Mr. Supattanapong say that the oil price mechanism is in line with the world market If it’s too expensive, sell it too expensive. and do not need to take the example of Laos Today, Thailand should not have to compete with Laos. The Energy Conservation Promotion Fund which was taken to the Prime Minister to run the country So why not call these funds to support the oil fund to be cheaper? It also shows the image of pride that it has its own oil company. and generate huge profits but in times of crisis All the people’s money that has been profited Why not cut off the profit to return to reduce the cost of oil?
It is believed that in the world there are still some countries that own oil wells. and selling oil at a cheap price Why use diplomatic methods to negotiate cheap oil purchases? Because in any case, the Thai people must be saved first. Don’t tell me to go back to using the brazier, using charcoal and using firewood, otherwise Thailand will go back to the old era. This is a super trouble, but in the past, the government likes to use the word win win. I don’t know that win between government and capitalists. or between the government and the people We need to take the crisis as an opportunity. because I don’t know how long the crisis will go but the national budget There is still the purchase of weapons, even though the budget should be used to support the price of energy and oil, because today the whole land is really suffering.
Mr. Supattanapong explained that You may say that you understand that energy prices have risen. caused by external factors, not internal, and is a crises over crises but would like to show that the government has helped the people by looking back at the clarification at the end of last year It can be seen that the energy situation in the world market is worse than before. Because at that time, it was only the level of demand for energy was higher. and production capacity could not keep up But the situation now is more than that. because the production capacity of the refinery have been missing during COVID-19 and many refineries had to close Moreover, there were more accidents, namely, refined oil prices rose higher than crude oil prices.
We have to admit that we import over 90%, so the government has to try to support it. and try to maintain stability as much as possible, such as the state welfare card policy and controlling the price of diesel fuel at 35 baht, both in neighboring countries Like Vietnam, from the original price of 29 baht per liter, today 46 baht per liter. Understand that diesel fuel affect the people No, governments of every era must try to maintain oil prices. But we still have to maintain industrial competitiveness in a time of high inflation. However, foreign countries are still confident that this kind of policy can still take care of vulnerable groups. and maintain system stability The most important thing is to maintain financial and fiscal stability.
Mr Supattanapong said The government helped support the price of diesel fuel at 11 baht per liter and the Ministry of Finance also reduced the excise tax by 5 baht. As for the money from the Energy Efficiency Promotion Fund must be returned to the warehouse In order to be the state budget, as for PTT, the Ministry of Finance holds 62% of the shares, which the profit seems a lot. But about half of the money must be set aside for dividends. and considered as the income of the land According to the proportion of shareholding of the Ministry of Finance Therefore, we may see it as having a lot of profit. But in fact, dividends must be deducted. The remaining 10 percent must be kept for maintenance of the engine. and maintain the stability of the ministry. Many times, PTT has never been in trouble
“Every country faces the same problem. But one thing every country does is energy saving campaign which would like to give members Go back and publish these. Because saving both electricity and oil 10% can save hundreds of billions of baht. The Ministry of Energy is trying to do its best. we can help As for the brazier, it may be a matter of communication. and the expansion of the city people But the Ministry of Energy saw a number of people There are still many people who still use charcoal, such as rural people, suggesting ways to save energy. Therefore, it is a repeat of what has been done in the past. But not to use a brazier to replace cooking gas,” said Supatanapong.
