Anutin Defends Biofuel Tax Cut, Slams Democrats for Ignoring Farmers
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At 1:15 p.m. on October 28, 2026, at Government House, Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul responded to Democrat Party comments criticizing the excise tax cut on B20 and E20 as missing the mark because few people use those fuels. Anutin smiled and laughed before answering: 'We must help those suffering the most first. People of that status will never understand, because they've never lived in the countryside. They dabble in farming just for show — in the past to build a profile selling rice packs — but they aren't real farmers who battle the elements, endure hardship, and count every baht and satang as cost.' He explained that lowering the price of fuels farmers can actually use, a 10-baht difference for both B20 and E20, would stimulate demand for the agricultural feedstocks that go into them, raise crop prices, and reduce reliance on imported crude oil. 'This is the way of life for villagers and ordinary Thais. So city MPs who come to criticize this will never understand the lives of farmers and rural people.'
