DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

Gleaning over 20 years of experience as an engineer in various sectors of government and private firms, 50 year old Rup Narayan Adhikari will particularly try to accomplish ‘cottage industries’ in the country running on Bhutan Kuengyam Party (BKP) ticket from Kikhorthang gewog, a clash with the Deputy speaker. “I …

Aspiring politicians, politicians and interest groups claim that lobby groups are essential in the making of a democracy while they also equally asserted that it is ‘unnecessary’ and may add to the impetus of already ‘fragmenting societal bondages’ referring to past 2008 elections. ‘Lobbying for a cause is good but …

Election Day is just around the corner to select the School Captain for the year 2013, and Khamdang Lower Secondary School in Trashiyangtse is all set to do it in true democratic fashion which incidentally involves the use of voting devices as in – an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) to …

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Gasa might have a tough race in the 2013 elections strictly going by the proportion or percentage of voters reserve in respective constituencies. Owing to eligible voter masses, PDP Gasa MP Damcho Dorji may have a shaky political career as his part of …

MP Damcho Dorji on behalf of the two member Opposition party objected to the Prime Minister’s strong language used against the Opposition Leader (OL) and also highlighted how the government had undermined other democratic institutions in a similar way. “The Opposition party deeply regrets the unwarranted remarks of the Honorable …

Few months back Debsi community under Chang gewog, Thimphu alleged foul play and tampering in the accounts of the Debsi bridge construction. The gewog residents back then strongly demanded for transparency in the accounts and accountability measures to be exercised for those involved and guilty in the whole case. The …

Almost all the new political parties have now turned their attention to the fairer sex in an attempt to coax them to participate in politics for the 2013 elections. Results so far have not been pleasing and most of the women are not overly zealous to become a figure of …

Among the four aspiring political parties, the only two who have not yet registered themselves with the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) are Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) and Druk Mitser Tshogpa (DMT). Bhutan Kuen-Ngyam party (BKP) and Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) have submitted their application and documents to be reviewed …

A prominent Bhutanese author with 23 publications to his name, Dr. Chenkyo T. Dorji popularly known as C.T Dorji is the latest name to feature from the Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) camps. The noted historian-author will contest from the North Paro constituency. And if what Meghraj Tamang the general secretary …

The Executive Director of Bhutan media Foundation Lily Wangchuk will be the party president of Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT). She said that after tedious consideration and thoughts she decided to join the party. “Almost four parties approached me to join their party but I liked DCT’s ideology where, as a …