Boon Arayapon, No. 2: The Independent Candidate Using AI to Campaign
Against the CARE Formula, Championing Best 60M Instead

🤖 Why Use AI as a "Backend Team"

In an election often dominated by large teams and campaign machinery, Boon Arayapon chose a different path — running as a fully independent candidate with no political party, no financial backers, and no large organized team behind him. Instead, he uses something many overlook as his primary tool: AI.

See the full case study at "When a Solo Independent Candidate Runs a Campaign with AI" — the article Matichon referenced in this interview.

👨‍⚖️ "Doctor" Doesn't Mean a Medical Doctor

Boon Arayapon is not a physician. The Thai honorific "Doctor" (หมอ) here is a term of respect for a specialist, following Thai cultural convention (similar to how a lawyer might informally be called "หมอความ"). He graduated with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, 2nd Class Honours, from Chulalongkorn University, and a Bachelor of Laws from Ramkhamhaeng University. He worked in the private animal-health sector for over 25 years before becoming a full-time advocate for social security rights in 2020, founding the group "ขอคืนไม่ได้ขอทาน" (Refund, Not Charity).

⚖️ Blocking the CARE Formula — Championing Best 60M Instead

A key reason for running again, he says, is concern that past elected or appointed board representatives have often worked more for their own faction's interests than for insured persons' welfare — particularly regarding the new old-age pension calculation formula, or the CARE formula.

Figures are Boon Arayapon's own estimates as stated in his interview with Matichon Online, not confirmed government figures.

In the interview, Boon states that the claim of a 5-year retroactive compensation measure meaning "no one loses" is incomplete, because those who begin receiving a pension in 2570-2571 (2027-2028 CE) will start experiencing impact, intensifying through 2575 (2032 CE). Short-term relief, he argues, is not sufficient to offset long-term losses.

This approach would better reflect the period when an insured person's income was highest across their working life, and would prevent those who moved to Section 39 from being disadvantaged when their pension base is calculated.

🏛️ The Opposition Plan if the Regulation Is Formally Enacted

📋 The Full 7+1 Policy Platform, as Described in the Interview

🐕 The "Watchdog" — Bullet Vote No. 2

Given the constraints of running without a party or faction alliance, Boon Arayapon uses a Bullet Voting strategy — a single number, No. 2, so voters can remember and mark it accurately. While running solo has limits on combined faction vote totals, he is ready to serve as a "watchdog" overseeing Social Security Fund assets worth nearly 3 trillion baht, ensuring they aren't steered by any single political faction, while live-streaming key proceedings so insured persons can check in at any time.

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