BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Thai government's allocation of 8.76 billion baht ($262 million) for the monarchy in the next fiscal year survived unprecedented calls for cuts by opposition lawmakers during parliamentary proceedings that concluded on Sunday.
The questions over the royal budget in parliament’s lower house followed criticism of the monarchy and calls to curb its powers at youth-led protests last year.The government lawmakers in parliament did not comment on opposition lawmakers calls for royal budget cuts.
It is the first reduction since all monarchy-related agencies were combined in 2017 after the succession of King Maha Vajiralongkorn. "The royal agencies did not send a representative to explain the budget... there is only a seven-page document that did not explain much," Becha Saengchantra, a lawmaker from Move Forward Party said in parliament late on Saturday.
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