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The Phuket News
|April 17, 2026
BHUMJAITHAI SILENT ON PLEDGE FOR PHUKET 'SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE'
The Bhumjaithai Party's high-profile pledge to transform Phuket into a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is facing intensifying scrutiny, with critics questioning its progress, legal viability and whether the policy risks becoming another stalled reform effort.
Despite being a centrepiece of the party's election campaign, no formal proposal has been tabled in parliament, no legislative framework has been made public and no timeline has been set — leaving a widening gap between political promises and tangible action.
This story is from the April 17, 2026 edition of The Phuket News.
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