Bhutan People's Unity Party Explained

Bhutan People's Unity Party
Colorcode:Blue
Leader:Yeshey Zimba;
Sigay Dorji (breakaway)
Chairman:Sigay Dorji
Foundation:2006;
September 2007 (breakaway)
Dissolved:25 July 2007;
November 2007
Split:Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party
Merged:Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party
Ideology:Conservatism[1]
Headquarters:Thimphu
Country:Bhutan

The Bhutan People's Unity Party, also called Druk People's Unity Party (PUP), is a former Bhutanese political party. It was founded by regional and national cadres (chimi and Royal Advisory Councilors) serving in Bhutan's pre-democratic government.[2] Led by former minister (assemblyman) Yeshey Zimba, BPUP then merged with the stronger All People's Party (APP), headed by former and future prime minister Jigme Y. Thinley; the two parties unified as the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa on 25 July 2007.[3] Both the BPUP and APP had been registered with the Election Commission.[4] [5] [6]

The BPUP was briefly revived as a breakaway faction from September to November 2007 under the leadership of Sigay Dorji since its looking for well advanced party candidates in term of age and qualified enough to serve the three jewel like they did in their term.[7] [8] [9] In November 2007, the Election Commission rejected the BPUP's registration, preventing its candidates from participating in Bhutan's first partisan election. Amid allegations that over 75% of the BPUP's membership consisted of school dropouts, the Election Commission found the party lacked "credible leadership of the calibre that is needed to run and manage the affairs of the nation or even the management of the group itself,"[7] [10] and that it lacked "the capacity to fulfill ... national aspirations, visions, and goals."[11] The elimination of the BPUP reduced the anticipated two-stage electoral process into a single-election contest.[10] The BPUP again merged with the Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party after the Election Commission prevented it from registering under the new constitutional framework.[12] [13]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Country report: Nepal, Mongolia, Bhutan . Economist Intelligence Unit (Great Britain) . 2006 . 24 September 2011.
  2. Web site: BPUP thought to Approaches Lyonpo Yeshey Zimba . Kuensel online . Ugyen . Penjore . 25 April 2007 . 24 September 2011.
  3. Web site: Another Merger . Ugyen . Penjore . Kuensel online . 11 July 2007 . 24 September 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120402033453/http://www.kuenselonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8726 . 2 April 2012 . dead .
  4. Web site: Druk Phuensum Tshogpa, the New Party in Town . Kuensel online . 25 July 2007 . Ugyen . Penjore . 22 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110610225909/http://www.kuenselonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8798 . 10 June 2011 . dead .
  5. Web site: The Race is On . Kuensel online . 24 March 2007 . Ugyen . Penjore . 22 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110610225559/http://www.kuenselonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8248 . 10 June 2011 . dead .
  6. First General Elections in Bhutan . Pratiyogita Darpan . 2 . 24 . 169 . September 2008 . 24 September 2011. Darpan . Pratiyogita .
  7. Web site: BPUP is Out of the Game . Kuensel online . Kencho . Wangdi . 28 November 2007 . 24 September 2011.
  8. Web site: BPUP Back in the Fray? . Ugyen . Penjore . Kuensel online . 15 September 2007 . 24 September 2011.
  9. Web site: Bhutan: Election Eve – Update No. 69 . S. Chandrasekharan . 19 March 2008 . South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG) . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20101128110938/http://southasiaanalysis.org/notes5/note433.html . 28 November 2010 .
  10. All the King's Men . The Hindu Online . S.D. . Muni . 25 . 8 . 12–25 April 2008 . 24 September 2011 . 10 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121110170600/http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl2508/stories/20080425250804900.htm . dead .
  11. Book: Piano, Aili . Freedom in the World 2009: The Annual Survey of Political Rights & Civil Liberties . Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects . Arch Puddington, Katrina Neubauer . Rowman & Littlefield . 2009 . 978-1-4422-0122-4 . 92 . 24 September 2011.
  12. Book: Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life . Timothy L. . Gall . Jeneen . Hobby . 2 . Gale . 2009 . 137 . 978-1-4144-4891-6 . 24 September 2011.
  13. Bhutan: Democracy from Above . Pratiyogita Darpan . S. P. . Kayshap . 2 . 24 . 56 . June 2008 . 24 September 2011.

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