The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) concluded its second national convention Monday in the capital electing Opposition Leader, Tshering Tobgay, for the second term as its new President.
A noted blogger in the country, Tobgay is reported to have secured 131 votes out of 134 votes cast.
Talking to reporters after the election, newly elected President Tobgay said that the former party president Sangye Ngedup would no longer be connected to the party. However, he didn’t elaborate if his general membership was also scrapped.
Ngedup had resigned from his post in 2008 when his party suffered a fatal defeat. He had said, “The PDP has lost the first democratic elections mainly because of me. I must own up to it and therefore resign as the party president.”
According to BBS, the convention formally endorsed Yogesh Tamang as the interim General Secretary and Sonam Wangyal as the youth co-ordinator.
Some of the party leaders who attended the second convention expressed their hope that the PDP would win the elections in 2013, or if it fails, at least 15 seats would be secured.
The convention also decided to make another request at the Election Commission to accept its logo, earlier rejected by the commission.
President Tobgay is a Member of Parliament representing Sombaykha Constitutency in Haa.
