The Sixteenth SAARC summit is over. And, by all accounts, the event was a grand success. So compliments are in order.
I offer my congratulations to the prime minister, the officiating foreign minister and the government; civil servants (all of them, but especially those in the foreign ministry); RBP, RBA and RBG; the Thimphu City Corporation; [...]
“Where is Dasho Damcho la …” enquired Sonam_t commenting on my open letter to the Dasho Dzongdags. “Where is honourable Damcho?” echoed Tangba.
Dasho Damcho’s recent response to their queries follows:
Dear Sonam_t and Tangba,
Thanks for your concern. I am still sticking around but like to keep a low profile. The issue that Hon’ble OL has raised [...]
Chapter 12 of the BCSR is dedicated to performance management.
It provides a detailed prescription of how civil servants must plan, review and rate their work in order to improve productivity and accountability in the civil service. The general idea is good: it is to cultivate a performance-based culture that rewards meritocracy and professionalism. It is [...]
Of the many reasons we may have to comment anonymously, fear of government reprisal is the worst.
Here’s how Kuensel introduced a contractor’s remarks recently:
An owner of an established construction company, who requested anonymity, fearing possible backlash from the government, said that …
The government must dispel such fears. The Constitution, after all, guarantees “…the right to [...]
Dasho Kinley Dorji to Kuensel, last week, defending the government’s decision to hire McKinsey:
I was told that the total amount of money the government spends on consultants in a year is actually more than the amount made public. It’s about what you are getting for what you are paying. We need to define what is [...]
Lobxang’s comment on “Mining our business”:
Pardon me, this is not related to mining but rather a bizarre topic.
Is the Government panicking over the upcoming SAARC Summit in the Country? From what I read in Kuensel, the government is acting like they are having a cold feet already. First, tour operators were asked to vacate [...]
Most of the work at the Punatsangchu hydropower project, estimated to cost more than Nu 36 billion, is being contracted out to large Indian companies. And rightfully so. After all, we still don’t have enough in-house capacity to dig tunnels, erect dams and build powerhouses.
But mining? For stone? Now that, I’m sure we can all [...]
I smell danger.
The prime minister is going all out campaigning for state funding for political parties.
In January, the prime minister informed the business community in Phuensholing that both the political parties were facing severe financial difficulties. Referring to the Parliament’s decision not to provide state financing for political parties, the prime minister complained that:
We asked [...]
The cabinet’s website is actually quite good. It is clean, simple, quick and easy to navigate.
And it provides useful information. That is, until they stopped posting the government’s executive orders, cabinet decisions and press releases.
So in my previous post, I didn’t mean to complain that the cabinet’s website was bad in any way. What I [...]
I trust that part of the Nu 2.05 billion total solutions project will go towards updating the cabinet’s website – for some odd reason, the cabinet has stopped publishing their executive orders, cabinet decisions, and press releases on their website.
Tshering Tobgay is a Member of Parliament representing Sombaykha Constitutency in Haa. He is the Leader of the Opposition Party in the National Assembly of Bhutan.
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