Tag Archives: Democracy

Bhutanese democracy since 2008

While the 2013 general election is the main topic of discussion these days what is more relevant to Bhutan is the growth of our young democracy from 2008 to 2012. The last four years of our democracy have been importantly mainly from the point of the evolution of our young …

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Democracy and political prospects in 2013

With four political parties now and 2013 nearing the political scene is getting warmer. In the first parliamentary elections, the People’s Democratic Party was a strong favorite with many predicting a PDP win. This was while the underdog, Druk Phuensum Tshogpa went about its rounds in what many say was …

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To part or partner with party workers?

The need for party workers is being debated by political parties in the fray although the majority of them are of the opinion that there are two sides to the coin. According to co-authors Gyembo Sithey and Dr. Tandin Dorji of Drukyul Decides, party workers played a complicated role in …

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Intolerance speaks

 Gross National un-Happiness It has been four years since 2012 and there is now a growing concern about the path that Bhutanese democracy is taking. This is especially so as constitutional bodies and the media is coming under increasing pressure from an increasingly sensitive government. The latest example is statements …

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Bhutanese media should chart its own path

  Bhutan’s young media is currently at crossroads, with many signs pointing to different roads that should be taken. Each signboard has compelling reasons to take a certain road, but other signboards have equally compelling reasons to take their paths. Similarly, at one level the Bhutanese media seems to know …

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Winds of Corruption

As the wind of Democracy swept across Bhutan in March 2008, the day of voting was a solemn but hopeful day. There was hope and optimism that under democracy, everyone would be equal before the law, there would be accountability, abuse of power, nepotism and corruption would be curbed and …

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A sad day

  If there are those who still doubt the Prime Ministers oratory skills then his 22 minute response on the ‘land scam’ would have erased any doubts. By the end of his reply he had managed to create a hero out of a former Gup (now DPT Vice President) who …

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ECB gleans lessons from the past, looks toward 2013

While the political scenario in the country is upbeat with the next general elections just a year away, parties are not the only ones gleaning lessons from the past.  Learning from Experience Program( LEP),  initiated by the Election Commission of Bhutan ( ECB)  and headed by the Chief  Election Commissioner …

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