just read the OP Leader's blog on Free media’s other ace?
as always, thought provoking. then i did some googling and came across these two articles.
by Mark Drapeau January 5, 2009, and
to where does it lead, or is it the end
i was reading a blog the other week, about the opening up of the tourism industry in bhutan, and could not resist putting down my thoughts on it. so here it is ad verbatim.
"Tweaking current tourism policy, or for that matter any other, may be well within the mandate of the elected government. In fact, I encourage and applaud the current government in their attempts to strengthen and expand various sectors of the national economy. Having said that…
If revenue generation is paramount to the current government’s agenda then let them seek for other industry that while no less invasive will at least be under some modicum of control.
To even think of completely transforming the whole tourism industry with concurrent implications that will effect the very essence of our nationhood is tantamount to hubris. Such an opening of the gates to a flood of tourism will pervade the lives of all citizens directly and intimately, bringing in wake far reaching implications that will corrode the very fabric of our society. If the temporary occupants of the hallowed corridors of power still desire to follow through with this proposal despite the popular and informal expressions that have been raised, then put it to the test and have a referendum.
I am not versed in the sacrosanct Constitution bestowed upon the Kingdom of Bhutan by the most revered and precious institution and personage of the Druk Gyalpo, but is there not a line in there somewhere that says something about a referendum on matters of national importance.
Let the people decide…Consensus, popular vote, democratic norms, time honoured traditions… Let the people decide.
The people of Bhutan must not be treated with impudence. The people expect, no the people demand better from those put in place to lead us."
PALDEN DRUKPA GYALO.
HAPPINESS
