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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »We are not a socialist party : SDP
The newly formed Social Democratic Party (SDP) is not a socialist party but follows principles of social democracy stressing on justice, freedom and solidarity, the spokesperson Dr Tandi Dorji told The Bhutanese. This clarification comes at a time after certain quarters felt that the party was toeing a socialist line. …
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