Comments on: To protect and to serve http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/monarchy/2009/to-protect-and-to-serve.html Life and Politics in Democratic Bhutan Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:25:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Karpo http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/monarchy/2009/to-protect-and-to-serve.html#comment-3820 Karpo Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:23:54 +0000 http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/?p=1709#comment-3820 Well! I used to envy those handful of people wearing blue scarfs when they used to be few in numbers and well deserved. Now that it's a common sight and worn by every Tom, Dick and Harry, in my personal opinion, it has lost it's significance and the real charm of the colour. Worst, when people inside that scarf act against the will of people. We then begin to visualize them to be no distinguishing figure than a man wrapped in a blue shawl on a cold winter day. The respect and honour attached to it is rapidly vanishing. Well! I used to envy those handful of people wearing blue scarfs when they used to be few in numbers and well deserved. Now that it’s a common sight and worn by every Tom, Dick and Harry, in my personal opinion, it has lost it’s significance and the real charm of the colour. Worst, when people inside that scarf act against the will of people. We then begin to visualize them to be no distinguishing figure than a man wrapped in a blue shawl on a cold winter day. The respect and honour attached to it is rapidly vanishing.

]]> By: Tshering Tobgay http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/monarchy/2009/to-protect-and-to-serve.html#comment-3716 Tshering Tobgay Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:20:58 +0000 http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/?p=1709#comment-3716 Tangba: I agree. Will you help me with some research? Do you have the time? If so, please look for other countries' rules and laws that safeguard the honour of national decorations. Let's study their systems. and then take it from there. Incidentally, I'm still very interested in public opinion about MPs (including ministers) and their 'patang' and 'kabneys'. tshering Tangba: I agree. Will you help me with some research? Do you have the time? If so, please look for other countries’ rules and laws that safeguard the honour of national decorations. Let’s study their systems. and then take it from there.

Incidentally, I’m still very interested in public opinion about MPs (including ministers) and their ‘patang’ and ‘kabneys’.

tshering

]]> By: Tangba http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/monarchy/2009/to-protect-and-to-serve.html#comment-3713 Tangba Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:30:24 +0000 http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/?p=1709#comment-3713 I asked that question to the Honorable OL. What do you say about enacting laws to revoke the decorations and the titles from those people who have humiliated it? I asked that question to the Honorable OL. What do you say about enacting laws to revoke the decorations and the titles from those people who have humiliated it?

]]> By: Tangba http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/monarchy/2009/to-protect-and-to-serve.html#comment-3688 Tangba Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:49:14 +0000 http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/?p=1709#comment-3688 As we know many of the MPs in our National Assembly and the National Council never deserved the blue ‘kabney’, so we know that all the people who got ‘bura marp’ are not the people who deserved it. We also know that all deserving people do not get ‘bura marp’ in our country. As someone said, "it's not so straight forward". It takes more than what it seems to get the ‘bura marp’. There are many people in our country who you will not believe how in the world they got the ‘bura marp’ in the first place! It is common knowledge that some unseen hands and influential connections are "must-haves" and are definitely involved in the process of recommendation and nomination of candidates to His Majesty the King for the ‘bura marp’. Only a very few people are personally selected by His Majesty the King on his own. I personally respect the ‘bura marp’ more than the person who is wearing it because it was conferred by our King. The person really deserved it or not is another issue altogether. However it is not uncommon to see that these guys often disgrace the ‘bura marp’ they proudly show off on their shoulders and on their car seats. In the age of zonal administration in our country, we had many ‘bura marp dzongdags’ who were entrusted to be His Majesty’s representative in the dzongkhags but they betrayed him by engaging themselves in socio-political movements that undermined our King and destabilized our nation. They were convicted for their crimes according to the law of the land. The government confiscated their properties and sentenced some of them to prison in the Dobji Dzong. Many others were terminated from civil service without any benefits. The most outrageous thing is to see that these ex-convicts after serving their sentences in the Dobji Dzong and the other traitors can still be seen swaggering around with the ‘bura marp’ on their shoulders and enjoying to be called as a “dasho”! Many of the ongoing corruption cases in the ACC involve these ‘bura marp’ guys and I am sure even if these people are convicted of the crimes, they will still walk around with the ‘bura marp’ and people will still call them a ‘dasho’. It is the great compassion and trust to his people that His Majesty the fifth King bestows medals and ‘bura marp’ more generously and frequently than our fourth King but I think it is very high time that we should also enact laws to revoke the decorations and the titles bestowed by our King from the people who have dishonored it. It is humiliating to allow these people who betrayed His Majesty’s trust to continue wearing the ‘bura marp’. We must revoke the ‘bura marp’ and the title ‘dasho’ from the people who are charged for corruption by the ACC and found guilty by our Courts. Firstly, they have betrayed His Majesty’s trust in them to serve Him and His country with utmost dedication, sincerity and honesty. Secondly, they caused great harm to our country by not just embezzling hundred of thousands of government funds and budgets but more so by impeding the development processes and even obstructing justice in some cases. What do you say? As we know many of the MPs in our National Assembly and the National Council never deserved the blue ‘kabney’, so we know that all the people who got ‘bura marp’ are not the people who deserved it. We also know that all deserving people do not get ‘bura marp’ in our country. As someone said, “it’s not so straight forward”. It takes more than what it seems to get the ‘bura marp’. There are many people in our country who you will not believe how in the world they got the ‘bura marp’ in the first place! It is common knowledge that some unseen hands and influential connections are “must-haves” and are definitely involved in the process of recommendation and nomination of candidates to His Majesty the King for the ‘bura marp’. Only a very few people are personally selected by His Majesty the King on his own. I personally respect the ‘bura marp’ more than the person who is wearing it because it was conferred by our King. The person really deserved it or not is another issue altogether.

However it is not uncommon to see that these guys often disgrace the ‘bura marp’ they proudly show off on their shoulders and on their car seats. In the age of zonal administration in our country, we had many ‘bura marp dzongdags’ who were entrusted to be His Majesty’s representative in the dzongkhags but they betrayed him by engaging themselves in socio-political movements that undermined our King and destabilized our nation. They were convicted for their crimes according to the law of the land. The government confiscated their properties and sentenced some of them to prison in the Dobji Dzong. Many others were terminated from civil service without any benefits. The most outrageous thing is to see that these ex-convicts after serving their sentences in the Dobji Dzong and the other traitors can still be seen swaggering around with the ‘bura marp’ on their shoulders and enjoying to be called as a “dasho”! Many of the ongoing corruption cases in the ACC involve these ‘bura marp’ guys and I am sure even if these people are convicted of the crimes, they will still walk around with the ‘bura marp’ and people will still call them a ‘dasho’.

It is the great compassion and trust to his people that His Majesty the fifth King bestows medals and ‘bura marp’ more generously and frequently than our fourth King but I think it is very high time that we should also enact laws to revoke the decorations and the titles bestowed by our King from the people who have dishonored it. It is humiliating to allow these people who betrayed His Majesty’s trust to continue wearing the ‘bura marp’. We must revoke the ‘bura marp’ and the title ‘dasho’ from the people who are charged for corruption by the ACC and found guilty by our Courts. Firstly, they have betrayed His Majesty’s trust in them to serve Him and His country with utmost dedication, sincerity and honesty. Secondly, they caused great harm to our country by not just embezzling hundred of thousands of government funds and budgets but more so by impeding the development processes and even obstructing justice in some cases.

What do you say?

]]> By: Sangay Dorji http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/monarchy/2009/to-protect-and-to-serve.html#comment-3683 Sangay Dorji Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:22:11 +0000 http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/?p=1709#comment-3683 Yes, Dasho Bharat and for that matter even Dasho Dr. Tandin is from private sector because Dasho Dr. Tandin also is a retired personnel. Awarding red scarf to Dasho Bharat is a great inspiration to the staff of BPC and other corporate employees because they now know that red scarf and recognization from HM is open to private sector too and not only confined to civil servants like in that past. Yes, Dasho Bharat and for that matter even Dasho Dr. Tandin is from private sector because Dasho Dr. Tandin also is a retired personnel.

Awarding red scarf to Dasho Bharat is a great inspiration to the staff of BPC and other corporate employees because they now know that red scarf and recognization from HM is open to private sector too and not only confined to civil servants like in that past.

]]> By: Romeo http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/monarchy/2009/to-protect-and-to-serve.html#comment-3682 Romeo Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:07:16 +0000 http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/?p=1709#comment-3682 BPC is not a private sector but Dasho Bharat is a Private Sector individual. He was appointed to BPC after he resigned from civil service - I think.... BPC is not a private sector but Dasho Bharat is a Private Sector individual. He was appointed to BPC after he resigned from civil service – I think….

]]> By: phuntsho http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/monarchy/2009/to-protect-and-to-serve.html#comment-3680 phuntsho Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:15:37 +0000 http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/?p=1709#comment-3680 Who said BPC is a private sector? When was it privatised? Who said BPC is a private sector? When was it privatised?

]]> By: Romeo http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/monarchy/2009/to-protect-and-to-serve.html#comment-3677 Romeo Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:00:12 +0000 http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/?p=1709#comment-3677 Bhutanese media coming up with a coverage of each Dasho's is a real good idea. Let's see which paper is bold enough to dig something on them and inform the general public of the recent appreciation. I don't mean to dig out the negatives on them but concentrate on their positive acheivements so that the public can be infomred as to how they achieved it. I am personally impressed by Dasho Bharat Tamang and his ideals in terms of work in the Bhutan Power sector. He is candid, hardworking and cares for his employees and moreso to the nation. He deserves a special congratulatuion. Dasho Tshewang is young and received this honor and I pray that he follows the footsteps of Dasho Bharat. I don't have any idea of the other two, I recall some incidences of Dasho Sangay when he was the Druk Air MD. BUT I SUPPORT ARO KHAMPA AND SANGAY THA TTHE MEDIA SHOULD DO A STORY ON THESE NEW DASHO'S. I AM SURE THERE WILL BE TONS OF MERIT IN THEIR HONORING PROCESS THAT OTHER YOUNG CIVIL SERVANTS OR INDIVIDUALS CAN EMULATE. BY THE WAY...DASHO BHARAT IS FROM PRIVATE SECTOR AND THIS IS A SUPER GOOD RECOGNITION TO BOOST PRIVATE SECTOR TOO. Bhutanese media coming up with a coverage of each Dasho’s is a real good idea. Let’s see which paper is bold enough to dig something on them and inform the general public of the recent appreciation. I don’t mean to dig out the negatives on them but concentrate on their positive acheivements so that the public can be infomred as to how they achieved it.

I am personally impressed by Dasho Bharat Tamang and his ideals in terms of work in the Bhutan Power sector. He is candid, hardworking and cares for his employees and moreso to the nation. He deserves a special congratulatuion. Dasho Tshewang is young and received this honor and I pray that he follows the footsteps of Dasho Bharat. I don’t have any idea of the other two, I recall some incidences of Dasho Sangay when he was the Druk Air MD.

BUT I SUPPORT ARO KHAMPA AND SANGAY THA TTHE MEDIA SHOULD DO A STORY ON THESE NEW DASHO’S. I AM SURE THERE WILL BE TONS OF MERIT IN THEIR HONORING PROCESS THAT OTHER YOUNG CIVIL SERVANTS OR INDIVIDUALS CAN EMULATE.

BY THE WAY…DASHO BHARAT IS FROM PRIVATE SECTOR AND THIS IS A SUPER GOOD RECOGNITION TO BOOST PRIVATE SECTOR TOO.

]]> By: Sangay Dorji http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/monarchy/2009/to-protect-and-to-serve.html#comment-3665 Sangay Dorji Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:33:47 +0000 http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/?p=1709#comment-3665 Yes, I agree with Aro Khampa. At least, it would be of a kind of eye opener to other young civil servants who do not know about these Dasho's if the contributions made by them which has brought significant impact to the country be covered by the media instead of the long years of service. If it is the long years of service which qualifies for red scarf, then, I surely believe that there are many officials who must have served more than these 4 Dashos. I tried to do a little research and could find what Dasho Bharat has done during his career from the BPC website. His contributions were described in length in the website. I could not find about the others. Dasho Chewang as far as I know was the man behind the successful execution and commissioning of the Kurichu Hydro Power, though there are rumours that he also got benefitted through grabbing some plots along with some of our ministers (how far is true, i don't know). I have not heard anything significant about Dasho Sangay Khandu. The only thing I hear after he was transferred to Land Commission is that the service delivery especially land transactions was made highly bureaucratic because of his personal grudge against Thimphu City Corporation which is not good for the general public. I have not been able to meet my colleagues in the Army to get information on Dasho Dr. Tandin. Others can do similar research for the benefit of our readers and to do more of objective research on the criteria for earning red scarf in Bhutan. It could be a good topic of thesis for some studies. Yes, I agree with Aro Khampa. At least, it would be of a kind of eye opener to other young civil servants who do not know about these Dasho’s if the contributions made by them which has brought significant impact to the country be covered by the media instead of the long years of service. If it is the long years of service which qualifies for red scarf, then, I surely believe that there are many officials who must have served more than these 4 Dashos. I tried to do a little research and could find what Dasho Bharat has done during his career from the BPC website. His contributions were described in length in the website. I could not find about the others. Dasho Chewang as far as I know was the man behind the successful execution and commissioning of the Kurichu Hydro Power, though there are rumours that he also got benefitted through grabbing some plots along with some of our ministers (how far is true, i don’t know). I have not heard anything significant about Dasho Sangay Khandu. The only thing I hear after he was transferred to Land Commission is that the service delivery especially land transactions was made highly bureaucratic because of his personal grudge against Thimphu City Corporation which is not good for the general public.
I have not been able to meet my colleagues in the Army to get information on Dasho Dr. Tandin. Others can do similar research for the benefit of our readers and to do more of objective research on the criteria for earning red scarf in Bhutan. It could be a good topic of thesis for some studies.

]]> By: Aro Khampa http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/monarchy/2009/to-protect-and-to-serve.html#comment-3654 Aro Khampa Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:03:56 +0000 http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/?p=1709#comment-3654 I would like to know why each one of them deserved the red scarf in more specific details so that we the younger public servants can also work towards these goals in our respective fields. This news has been covered by almost all the papers in Bhutan but none of them highlighted their accomplishments, either than to say they served "dedicatedly" and for "many years". I think almost all civil servants serve dedicatedly and they will all have long years of services as they age. So "dedicated" and "long years" should not be the only criteria for red scarf. What the newspapers need to cover is how each one of them made significant impact in our country through citing specific examples of their career. I am sure the nomination comittee must have forwarded these reasons to HM. I would like to know why each one of them deserved the red scarf in more specific details so that we the younger public servants can also work towards these goals in our respective fields.

This news has been covered by almost all the papers in Bhutan but none of them highlighted their accomplishments, either than to say they served “dedicatedly” and for “many years”.

I think almost all civil servants serve dedicatedly and they will all have long years of services as they age. So “dedicated” and “long years” should not be the only criteria for red scarf.

What the newspapers need to cover is how each one of them made significant impact in our country through citing specific examples of their career. I am sure the nomination comittee must have forwarded these reasons to HM.

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