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DCT President said that a condition to have attested graduation certificates in the primary round itself could disqualify DCT and other new parties With the National Council elections over political parties expect the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) to soon come out with the Election Notification giving the dates for …
Read More »A macho upper house, not entirely a good deal
The outcomes of the recently concluded National Council (NC) elections have been a fairly sound and comforting bases for the second round ‘successfully-conducted’ by the Election Commission (ECB). It has in the process ensured general thoroughfare for the young Bhutanese Democracy, in terms of its growth and health. Still, and …
Read More »New replaces old in Wangdue
Tashi Dorji was elected as the National Council rep with his 5,848 votes secured by 5,426 Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) votes and 422 postal ballot votes (PB). The incumbent NC member Sonam Yangchen managed 3,540 votes with 3,156 EVM votes and 384 postal ballot votes while Chado Namgyal with 629 …
Read More »Haa re-elects Tshering Dorji
Incumbent National Council (NC) member Tshering Dorji with 1,866 total votes (EVM-1630- Postal Ballot- 236) won the NC elections to be re-elected as the dzongkhag’s NC representative. His contenders Choda Jamtsho received 631 votes (EVM-603, PB- 28), Khadu Wangchuk got 634 votes (EVM- 546, PB-88) and Tenzin Norbu got …
Read More »Newcomer takes over in Chukha
Pema Tenzin was elected as the National Council (NC) representative for Chukha dzongkhag after he secured 7,421 votes through as total of 6,995 Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) votes and 426 postal ballot (PB) votes. The incumbent NC member Tshewang Lhamu received in total 3,931 votes (EVM-3,680- PB- 251). Pema Tenzin …
Read More »Bumthang brings in the new, lets go the old
Nima in Bumthang secured the highest votes to become the National Council (NC) representative from among the three contestants which included the incumbent Tshewang Jurmey. He received 2,264 votes overall including the 1,936 EVM votes and 328 postal ballot votes. Sonam Tenzin received 971 votes in overall (928 votes in …
Read More »Ministers get to keep their Toyota Prados and office equipment
As per a circular from the Ministry of Finance (MoF), the Prime Minister, outgoing Cabinet Ministers, Speaker of the National Assembly, Chairman of the National Council and the Opposition Leader will be allowed to keep their government duty Toyota Prados. In a separate government circular, the ministers will also be …
Read More »Anti- incumbency backlash as only 6 incumbent MPs make it back
No women NC candidates elected In what came as a surprise verdict of the National Council (NC) Elections out of the 20 dzongkhags, only 6 incumbent MPs made it back, with the rest of the incumbent MPs losing their seats in the Upper House. The voter turnout this year is …
Read More »Party Presidents wish new NC members and want them to play a more focused role
The Presidents of the five political parties wished the elected 20 National Council MPs including the 47 others that did not make it. While they congratulated the winners, they also took the time to thank the other candidates had played an important role during the election. Some of the Party …
Read More »Police refuse to register harassment case
The Woman and Child Protection Unit (WCPU) of Phuentsholing police station refused to register the harassment case of a 27-year old on 18 April. Yangchen (name changed on request), is an employee with a private firm based in Phuentsholing. She reported to the Phuentsholing police station after she received numerous …
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