Seems
like one of the new aspiring political parties (Bhutan Times prefers to call it
the third political party) is beginning to emerge out of the woodwork, if the
paper’s report headlined “31 definite,
16 more to go” of 15th July, 2012 is anything to go by.
Dr.
Tandin Dorji of the yet-to-be-registered Druk
Nyamrup Tshogpa exudes an air of confidence when he boldly declares:
“The
focus being to garner candidates, we have managed to rope in some of the best.
Their integrity, sincerity of purpose and intelligence are beyond doubt and,
given the chance, we pretty much feel we have the wherewithal to take this
country forward”
I
wish the aspirants the very best of luck. I hope they manage to get the
remaining 16 candidates to enable them to qualify as a political party and
contest the coming elections. But for the moment, I am more interested in an
inconspicuous sentence buried among the multitude of sentences making up the
three-column news article, that reads; “According
to Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa, four women MPs in the National Assembly currently will
also join the party”.
Stunning
exposé, to say the least! The Bhutan Times has uncovered a coup, no less. History
will record this as the first reported incidence
of political defection in Bhutan’s democratic history. And, while at it,
they also have the distinction of being the first in redefining the meaning of
the term “integrity”.
The
Bhutanese people’s Karma, it would appear, is sodden with madness.
lol...How can this fellow not realise that he is contradicting himself? And if the women MPs have indeed said that they would join this new party, it sadly reflects their lack of "integrity" and dedication. Anyways, it is quite stupefying to hear about probable party hopping. I mean the OL #2 is supposed to have said that if he doesn't win in his present party, he will just join another. It just seems like diehard party allegiance has yet to take root.
ReplyDeleteHow can Dr. Tandin vouch that the integrity, sincerity of purpose and intelligence are beyond doubt of the members? As of date DNT has not even decided on its President and in today's Bhutan, I doubt the intelligence if candidates are ready to join a Tshogpa without knowing the President. The President is the face of the party, mena? As far as manifesto is concerened, there is hardly any difference among the parties. Different words and phrases and subtle differences, mena? No serious commitment to Citizenship issue, foreign policy vis-a-vis China, boundary issues with China, CDG, strengthening of other constitutional bodies and House, etc. Same old stuff in new bottle - in line with FYP and other GNH issues.
ReplyDeleteThe contradiction in the same report as mentioned by youself - a party defector can't have integrity, mena?