DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid had a meeting with the Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley on Monday and on Tuesday got an audience from His Majesty the King. He also had extensive talks with the Foreign Minister in charge Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk. On Monday evening in a brief Press Conference …

If the political tide sways in this Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) candidate’s favor, Bhutan will probably get the next education minister from Dorokha-Tading constituency again. In 2008, the present education minister Thakur Singh Powdyel won the elections as the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) candidate from the same constituency. Confident and …

Gewog aspires to have Militia equipments for Volunteers Even with a continuous volunteer system in place in the gewog many problems still arise and volunteers remain helpless without proper militia equipments. “Our volunteers without any delay  stand ready to protect the community but abductors from nowhere come and abduct our …

Getting into the political fray was one arduous journey, remarked Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) members. It had been an uphill battle but now DCT feels they can start their mission to ‘glorify Bhutan’. “Words will be weighed; actions shall be tested. Glory for Bhutan is but working towards common good …

Twenty five year old Sonam Wangchuk always believed that being young does not mean being incapable of big responsibilities and today he has the chance to prove himself to the whole country. All set and ready to become an example to the country’s youths he wants to prove that if …

As disappointing as it may be the run up to 2013 elections will not see ‘familiarization’ of candidates and parties. The fresh candidates and parties who are yet to get a foothold in their respective constituencies expressed grievances that the campaign period will be too short. It will be worse …

Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party lauded the precedence set by the Third Druk Gyalpo in forming the parliament in Bhutan in 1952 and said that forming the party and working towards a good democracy is a tribute to the ‘Father of Parliament’. “Our Party is inspired by His Late Majesty the Third …

While the public maybe mainly focused on growing criminal incidents of violence and drug abuse, figures from the Royal Bhutan Police show that Bhutan may have a rape problem on its hands. It is a new area of concern with an overall increase in rapes from 2008 to 2012. In …

Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa in a press release issued on 31 December, 2012 said that it has finalized its official slogan as “Hope, Continuity & Change.” “As a celebration to welcome the New Year 2013, we would like to release our official slogan,” said the release. “We stand for hope.It said …

With a closer election race expected for the 2013 elections every vote including postal ballot votes will count. According to the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) Register-Apply-Vote (RAV) is the correct process for electorates to vote through a postal ballot. To vote by post, one needs to be on the …