Prime Minister Jigme Y Thinley has admitted that the newly introduced democracy has failed to win the hearts of many Bhutanese who may still wish for monarchy at critical times.
In a recent interview with AFP, Prime Minister Thinley seemed uncertain about the future of democracy. He further stated that democracy is new to the country and it is far to envision what it may bring to the glory of people.
According to the PM, different democratic countries have been the cause of trouble, and Bhutan could not be an exception.
“It is an emerging democracy which has a long way to go”,added the PM that the king may have to intervene if things do not go well.
It is interesting that only only two parties contested the polls in 2008. Thinley’s Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) or Bhutan United Party had a grand winning-45 of the 47 seats in the new National Assembly. The People’s Democratic Party won only two seats.
It is worth mentioning that autocracy opened the kingdom to the outside world only in the 1970s. The country did not have any proper roads or currencies or access to telephones until 1960s. Television was allowed to the public only in 1999.
Different analysts admit that Bhutan has not fully adapted to the democracy.
