Tuesday, March 25, 2008

The new thinking in Bhutan

I wrote this yesterday but I could not post it because TEData cut off the ADSL service despite the fact according to the IT minister decision ,I have got a free subscription thanks to the downtime ,of course I had to remind them by that through the phone so I can enjoy a free ADSL month before renewing my annual subscription

Bhutan, a country you may never heard about it before or may be you have heard about by accident if you are a regular watcher to the Olympics . This small quiet landlocked kingdom in Himalayas mountains made the headlines rarely , but it made the headlines these days with its dragon king daring decision to shift to democracy , complete democracy breaking all the traditions and customs of that Kingdom.

The young king Jigme decided to make his kingdom a constitutional one and on Monday there was a historical poll in the country.

The people of Bhutan went to vote to choose its representatives in the Parliament , believe it or not through the newspapers today I found out that some people in Bhutan are cautious from this experience.

80% of the Bhutanese voters went to vote with their traditional customs standing in queues waiting for their turn.

Democracy may be something new in this country but people and before them the king are keen to bring it to the small Buddhist king stuck between the giants of Asia , China and India.

The elections or the polls did not include any cheating as far as I read

From Yahoo! News

The people of Bhutan did not have official media or men saying that the political reform should be on stages ,should be taken on dosages like medicine like in Egypt !!!

And so the small kingdom of Bhutan on Tuesday became a real democratic country where as the big Kingdom of Egypt is still dreaming with that day when it become a real democratic country .

Strangely that this shift to democracy ,this new thinking was fostered by 28 years old King Jigme , where as in Egypt 45 years old Jimmy has another new thinking to pretend that he would foster democracy in Egypt in order to become the next Pharaoh

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