DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

All the mudslinging, the laser-focused nitpicking of acts or remarks against one another and the mission for defamation which easily does not figure into the list of democratic pleasantries, all these aside, aspiring and serving politicians, political observers and media experts harmoniously agree that there is always room for good …

Much in contradiction to its theme of ‘Giving Youth Opportunity to realize their Dream’ the 10th National Job Fair left young jobseekers confounded with a picturesque less than encouraging future. If for nothing the fresh graduates found the job fair very informative but information could take them only so far …

After making headlines and being a much talked-about name and issue among election affiliates, the response to the Druk Meser Nazhoen Tshogpa (DMNT) has been lukewarm from the democratic circles and society. The Chief Election Commissioner suggested the newly formed youth organization DMNT either to ‘lean on supports of a …

Many people in different worlds have voiced that disabled people forms the world’s biggest minority’ and it is also said that democracy is about ‘minorities’. On the same lines the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) has plans to address the disabled people’s right to vote. The Constitution in Article 9, …

With the registration process added to their checklists the aspiring political parties are excitedly geared-up for 2013 elections. Presently they wait with anticipation for the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB)’s green signal to contest the elections. “Application for registration of two parties, Druk Chirwang Tshogpa (DCT) and Bhutan Kuengyam Party …

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 …