Bhutan Today
Bhutan National Elections to be held on 24 March 2008 January 21st, 2008
The country’s two political parties will soon begin their final round of getting to voters in the run-up to form the new government with the detailed dates for campaigning and the first general election announced on Thursday.
Voters can expect more meetings and promises as parties start formally campaigning from January 22 with the release of […]
Local DPT workers appeal against candidate January 14th, 2008
January 9, 2008 -Thimphu: Druk Phuensum Tshogpa supporters including coordinators and village tshogpas from four geogs of Kengkhar-Weringla constituency in Mongar have appealed to the Election Commission of Bhutan and the DPT executive committee against the party’s decision to give the ticket to Sonam Penjore and not to Rinzin Jamtsho, who they say, has popular […]
Election Commission brings PDP and DPT presidents together December 30th, 2007
The meeting of the two party presidents with the Chief Election Commissioner on Friday was the first ever tri-party meeting held after a series of complaints were filed in by both the parties to the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB).
In the discussions that lasted more than three hours in the ECB conference hall, the parties […]
PDP listed on ECB website December 23rd, 2007
The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) has published the list of registered members of the two political parties on their website and said that those, whose names are not on the list, are not ‘registered’ members of the political parties.
This comes at a time when thousands of people had filled the membership registration forms and […]
BPUP is out of the game November 28th, 2007
28 November, 2007 - The Election Commission of Bhutan yesterday disqualified the Bhutan People United Party (BPUP) from registering as a political party in the country because it was out of tune with the noble aspirations of the Constitution of Bhutan, a press release from the commission said.
The press release stated that the applicant lacked […]
Women chimis join politics November 27th, 2007
27 June, 2007 - The five female members of the present National Assembly are all joining politics and four have joined the same party.
Four of the five chimis, Lhuentse chimi Deki Pelzom, Dagana chimi Jashma Lama, Phuentsholing chimi Passing Dem and Mongar chimi Sonam have already registered with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).The Wangduephodrang chimi, […]
Face-off November 27th, 2007
18 August, 2007 - What should the Bhutanese voter expect in 2008? The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa and the People’s Democratic Party formally applied this week to register as political parties to contest the 2008 elections. In the absence of any other parties being formed, one of these parties will form the first elected government and […]
