Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Friday delivered a report on the government's performance over the past four years, touting a range of key accomplishments from economic growth to increased public health care spending and tackling the plight of low-income earners.
The performance report came shortly after the general election was confirmed to take place on March 24.
He said the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) stepped into power in 2014 due to a political crisis and the military government addressed a number of pressing issues.
Over the past four years, the government restored peace and order to society and along the way bolstered the economy which grew from 1% in 2014 to 4.3% at the end of September 2018.
According to Gen Prayut, public debt is at 41.7% of GDP which is under the 60% stability cap, and the country's foreign reserves rose to US$201.8 billion (6.3 trillion baht) while the global competitiveness ranking also improved in 2018.
In his report, Gen Prayut emphasised the government was proceeding in line with six strategies to realise its vision of "security, wealth and sustainability".
The regime proposed six strategies for national development; security, competitive enhancements, human resource development, creation of opportunities and social equality, environmentally-friendly growth and public-sector readjustments.
In the area of security, the government tackled various issues such as intensifying efforts to address global concerns including human trafficking and illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing.
On competitiveness, the government sped up investments in public infrastructure projects worth more than 2.4 trillion baht.
These included the rail network development, special economic zones (SEZs), and increased spending in research and development.
In other categories, the government sponsored an early childhood development bill and a new welfare scheme.
Kritsada Boonchai, researcher at the Social Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, said the NCPO-led government might have had good intentions but as it used bureaucrats to lead the changes, it failed as corruption is one of the key problems plaguing the Thai bureaucratic system.