1. Bhutan is facing stagnancy in population growth. Therefore, a major policy overhaul is necessary to induce population growth. And one sure effective way would be to provide allowance to all poor mothers of new born babies both in rural and urban Bhutan. In this DNT Party has hit a right social and national cord. Whichever Political Party comes to power, this is a must policy. Bhutanese could be outnumbered in Bhutan in few decades if population growth is not sensitised and promoted in tangible manner.
2. The free education upto class XII is a good goal. I always spoke up for educational support. But this pledge is not in keeping with the existing constitutional dictate. Therefore, even though it is a good proposal with excellent intent, it is not implimentable unless Constitution is amended. However, there are ways to get around the constitutional limitation. I only caution the advisability of setting precedents of compromising the Constitution.
But how about ;
ReplyDelete1) 3 Ministers from same Dzongkhag (P/G to be precise)
2) We should not allow same party to come to power again
3) Free wifi
4) Vehicle quota
etc, etc
To me, DNT sounds power hungry, greedy and selfish
DNT pledges are nothing but to lure votes. PDP set the precedent and our ignorant voters in the rural areas fell for it. I laud DPT for not promising free hand outs. It shows that they really care about the long term future of our country rather than short term political gains. As for population growth, a government need not do it through cash incentives. Just do away with family planning or birth control - there will be not only population growth but will be population explosion.
ReplyDeleteIt was refreshing to see a new political party calling for change, and proving it in General Election.
ReplyDeleteHowever, just as they are a step closer to finishing line, numerous ad hoc addition and/or omission of pledges - most of which are myopic populist in nature - has greatly changed how I see DNT.
On the other hand DPT do not even upload their manifesto on their official website for the sake of those who might be interested to compare and contrast.
Its a poor show from both the political party.