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Answering questions - Tshering Tobgay’s Blog — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:12:48 +0000

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By: di

di — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:55:47 +0000

Did Kuensel report correctly that you were in the end supporting the PM in that the ministers need not attend QT?

By: shab

shab — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:47:55 +0000

“WITH GREAT POWER LIES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY”
If the NA and the NC members donot co-operate with each other during such crucial meeting, what is gona happen to our premature democratic govt. My question is why they are not willing to attend the Q & A session. Is someone from above asked not attend it?. Or the Cabinet Ministers themselves joined hand and boycotted it. Or they can’t bear a blue Kapney MP asking question to a Orange Kabney Minister… IT IS JUST A QUESTION AND ANS SESSION THE WINNER WILL NOT TAKE AWAY HIS OR HER kABNEY.
without Intregrity how can we say it is a democracy.

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:55:39 +0000

I encourage the NC to keep calling the Ministers for Q&A session – as empowered by their Act. We will see how long the Minister will continue to refuse to come.

If need be, the NC should continue to call them – session after session. If it is true that the NC’s Act empowers them to call the Ministers and if the Ministers don’t comply it is clear that the government is breaking a law and if they are doing it knowingly then we cannot have faith in such a government.

By: sonamG

sonamG — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:33:07 +0000

I think NC members should give up Questioning the Ministers/Govt.. I don’t understand Why they are trying to make the Ministers more important than themselves.

I would like to suggest the NC members that they should keep in mind their main responsibilities and do thorough research for quality discussion because reviewing Laws is not a childs play.

Amendment of laws should not take place unless it is urgently required. I mean if it is not working well. Ideas are very good but copying it and making it Bhutanese should be avoided as I feel it will not work in the long run.

Let us condemn the crime but not the criminals.

By: tashi

tashi — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:30:41 +0000

I think that we need to respect the views’ of the people of the villages. If they are bent on having NC ask questions to the government on any issue, it is their right. Asking questions on development issue is a way of reviewing government performances. That is one of the mandates of the Naitonal Council. If their job is just to review laws, then the na should also be called the house of review. What we in urban areas think as small, petty and irrelevant means a lot to village people. This may include what NC Somkinga said about health service, town planning. What we think big may be considered petty by village people. This may include state-funding of political parties, Mckinsey, NIIT something etc.

So our views should not be prejudiced by our values.
In the case of QT, ministers boycotted NC, and NC boycotted by adjourning the question time.

By: Kids

Kids — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:22:25 +0000

What I understand is that the questions from the NCs to the Ministers must be of National Interest. But most of the questions are constituency bound and not of National issue. Is it really required for the ministers to be present in person to just answer lapses in town planning in Kanglung, access road in Womrong, drinking water in ……..and so on. Is the written answers given by the ministers not clear enough for NCs or is it a request from the public to the NCs that the they should summon the ministers in person to answer those queries. It is becoming complicated on the roles and responsibilities for both the HOUSES if such things to continue in future.

By: wrong time

wrong time — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:24:36 +0000

i guess Bhutan has democracy at a wrong timing. we should have been educated for at least 5 years ..just like we had mock elections..there should have been mock parties (not blue,yellow, red etc), mock PM, Mock ministers, mock MPs(NC n NA) …but real people ..and they hold Mock assembly sessions , discuss mock issues, have mock debates
i guess that way everyone will have some common understanding of the Constitution. right now everyone seems to be interpreting it in their own way ..and mostly to their advantage.this is sick! i guess people of Bhutan aren’t ready for a democracy yet

By: pingpong

pingpong — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:26:10 +0000

Its a joke, NCs became helpless jesters there in the august hall….hahaha….poor guys!!!
Its high time NC and NA conduct a joint sitting and resolve this lone ego issue, state can no longer afford to pay a huge chunk of money for adjourned sessions!!
Cheers!

By: tobden

tobden — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:56:05 +0000

isn’t nc suppose to be apolitical? I don’t know much about politics but I think nc is trying hard to be an opposition. If the ministers are refusing to attend nc questions I sure there will be a good reason for this. Will someone enlighten me on this?