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Nice to be under Orange than a Raven beak

The Queens day 2013.   Since 1890,  the 30 th  April 2013  is historical for having a king of Dutch .  Now we the Dutch people have a nice king, Willem Alexander, so dear and caring to indigenous public and immigrants equally, as his mother queen Beatrix. Long live the highly esteem  Orange  lineage. Three days after celebrating his 46 th  birthday, Willem Alexander ascended to the throne on the Queen’s day with an investiture ceremony. Queen Beatrix abdicates her position signing the official manuscript. Although it is not an ecclesiastical ceremony, nor coronation, held in the Nieuwe Kerk in  Amsterdam , a special sitting of the upper and lower houses of parliament hear the king Willem-Alexander promise to uphold the constitution. King Willem Alexander with the family. Foto: Dutchnews.nl The new king doesn’t put on, the crown, but the crown - symbolising sovereignty and dignity, the sceptre for his authority and the orb (th...

Impudence in Bhutan’s national election 2013

The  kingdom  of  Bhutan  is attributed as democratic, but in reality the election conduct on  23 April 2013  reflects in some areas contradictory to the democratic norms. The election in all the twenty districts was to elect 20 representatives for the National Council through the ballot cast by the public. For these twenty seats there were 850 polling stations and 43 electoral constituencies.   Dagapela, Tintaley, originally belong to Khatiwora now forcibly taken by the govt and built its office Out of 379,819 registered voters in the 20 Dzongkhags 171,544 voters exercised their franchise. That means 147,577 of them cast their votes in person on the Electronic Voting Machines in the 850 Polling Stations and 23967 voters through the Postal Ballots. So only 45.17 percent of the registered voters voted this year. Out to those found eligible to vote, 208,275 people boycotted the vote. This then 54.83% of the population did not appreciate the ...

Bhutan's ruling party brands opposition as anti-national and un patriotic.

In Bhutan there are only two parties in the government formed after the first election in May 2008. The ruling party that has overwhelming majorty is Druk Puensum Tshogpa- DPT. The 2nd election is on 23rd April 2013. The opposition party- the People's Democratic Party- PDP won only three seats in the parliament and one out it was later lost in conflict. Its leader, the former minister and the in-law of the king shy away after loosing the election. His subordinate, Tshering Tongay found the first five year term very difficult.  He says,  “The opposition party bore the brunt of many attacks inside and outside the Parliament to an extent that we were called unpatriotic and anti-national,” he said . The fact that we could not work together and the opposition was excluded is a regret to us.” Below is his dillemma's from kuensel  Opposition’s accounts of its first five-year term  The opposition leader and Damchoe Dorji The opposition leader yeste...

Bhutan's first five year of elected government ended. Para millitary forces increasing

20th April 2013 bid farewell to the first five years of democratic government of Bhutan led by the prime minister Jigme Yoeser Thinlay . Loenchen Thinlay was also the prime minister during the absolute monarchy when the fourth king His Majesty Jigme Syngye Wangchuk installed the rule of the prime ministership as a rehearsal from August 1998 to 2008.  First set of ministers. kuensel On this day the opposition party, People's Democratic Party also dissolved from the government and moves ahead to contest in the second general election to be held on 23rd April 2013.  The Prime Minister, National Assembly Speaker, Cabinet Ministers, Opposition Leader Tshering Tobgay,  received a farewell audience with His Majesty the King. Then they all went to the Kuenray in Tashichhodzong for prayers for their success in the forthcoming term.  Earlier on 5th February 2013 the king granted audience to all the district administrators; Dzongdas, and asked them to go back to their ...

Mijn hart

MIJN HART IS OPEN VOOR U Welkom naar mijn blog. Mijn hart is open voor u. Ik sta open om uw dienst te zijn. Mijn huis is open voor de gastvrijheid. Liefde, respect en gelijkwaardigheid is wat ik waardeer. Er is geen taal en culturendrempels als we op mensenlijkenmate gaan gedragen en denken dat er een wereld is- thuis voor iedereen, een mens; de mensen, en de bloed; de menselijke bloed. Kijk alstublieft naar mijn profiel. Dat neem maar uw eigen mening mee aan de hand van mijn profiel, dus hoe ben ik, wat kan ik, en wat doe ik - mijn vaardigheden en talent. Het zal heel fijn zijn als u mij aan de hand deze profiel in uw dienst willen trekken. In de rubriek mijn artikelen, zou w zien dat ik goed in Nederlands en ook andere talen ben. Ik heb jaren lang gewerkt als een journalist in Bhutan en ook in Nederland. Dit wordt bevestigd door de journalist die over mijn hebben geschreven, klik aan de recensies. Verder kunt u de bewijzen zijn als u mijn videos willen kijken. Hoe ...

Bhutan's way of Ethnic Cleansing

Bhutan's way of Ethnic Cleansing Geschreven door Nanda Gautam    Gepubliceerd in de Exponto Magazine   3/4, 23 juli 2008 Violation of the rights of one person spilled out to all the minorities Forced out of the Bhutan’s cabinet, exiled, extradited unofficially, imprisoned for life, and again, forced out of the country! This is the ordeal of Mr Tek Nath Rizal, the unrecognised Nelson Mandela of Bhutan. A new trend in the sphere of human rights violations is flourishing! In contrast to Bhutan’s development philosophy called ‘Gross National Happiness,’ which many delegations visiting Bhutan are proclaiming a ‘good lesson’, Bhutan also offers a bad lesson: strategic violence in the form of ethnic cleansing, a lesson the world powers will find difficult to deal with. The ordeal of Tel Nath Rizal reflects how the state’s violation of one person’s rights spilled over to affect an entire minority. The minority population has already been reduced dramatically. ...

From forcible exile to forced migration

This article was published in the   ExPonto Magazine,   Amsterdam From forcible exile to forced migration  The situation of Bhutanese ethnic minorities Bhutanese refugees arriving in The Netherlands Over the last few years, the Dutch government has been trying to reduce the rate of asylum requests to the Netherlands and has been sending asylum seekers back to their home countries against their will. But exiled Bhutanese nationals are being welcomed to the Netherlands, although what they want is help to go back home. Those who are currently living in the Netherlands are asking themselves whether it's an extended exile or a new home. Nanda Gautam gives an insight into a forcibly exiled minority from a country we in the West are told is the happiest nation in the world.   By: Nanda Gautam, Journalist A stranger from an unfamiliar country is coming to live near you. Neither you nor he can deny this destiny. .....Shattered all at once is my precio...

De dubbele identiteit! waar past dat goed bij?

Deze artikel  vormt een onderdeel van de publicatie van de Stichting AIDA voor zijn   tentoonstelling-   de Meanderen aan de Maas. De dubbele identiteit! waar past dat goed bij? Door: Nanda Gautam Deelnemer - Meanderen aan de Maas 2007 Vakbekwaamheid en vaardigheden van de bevolking zijn een schatkist van het rijk. Dit is een belangrijke bron, vooral voor de kapitalistische staten, zoals Nederland, want de staatsschatkist wordt  gevuld  door hun belastingbetalingen. Dus de bevolkingsgroepen zijn als het ware de hof van Eden, die altijd vruchtbaar zal blijven. De vrede in zo’n toestand wordt gewaarborgd door het recht en de moraal. Gelukkig vormt zulk een moraal de grondslag voor vrijheid en integriteit in onze samenleving. Kunstenaar Dragan De bevolking in Nederland wordt in het algemeen geïdentificeerd als nieuwkomers, allochtonen, autochtonen, Turken, Marokkanen, Antillianen, Afrikanen, Asziaten enzovoort, tot ontelbare transnationale gro...