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electoral laws and our adherence to rule of law, and constitutionalism, the
independence of the institutions, and His Majesty’s Leadership and commitment
to democracy. Thank you.
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Thank you very much, Dr. Kinga. That was very delightful and such
fascinating last surviving Himalayan kingdom neighbored by China and India
which are the largest democracy and socialist countries in the world, consisting
of almost more than half of the world population. Sitting locating in between
these two big countries is Bhutan, which is a country in which democracy has
just been introduced to the country within the last decade. And this country
just has the current government being established yesterday with the primary
and the general round of election, with just the two round election. Dr. Kinga
said there is no coalition possible. There were only be two parties being in the
parliament. And in the National Assembly which the lower house, there will only
be political party members. In the upper house, which is the National Council,
there will be no political party because it’s only for independent people. The
way in which Bhutan drafted their constitution is the ideal-come-true of
constitution and democracy especially the participatory process that the whole
country had been able to participate. And, the ingredients of success of
democracy in Bhutan is peaceful transition, inclusive process, practice, steady
and gradual democratization, strict laws and independence of the institution, as
well as, the last very important ingredient, is the King’s commitment. This is
Bhutan, and next we will hear from the largest democracy country in our global
arena which is India.
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Thank you. Good afternoon. It’s my pleasure here to follow my neighbor,
to share with you insights from the world’s largest democracy.
Basically, if we think about what lessons we can learn from India’s
experience with democracy. The very first comes from the very fact that India
has been a successful democracy for more than 70 years. If you look at the
countries that became democracies after the end of colonial rule in the late
1940s, after World War II, most of the countries that were initially democratic
have not sustained that. They’ve come to military rule, other kinds of
dictatorship, or collapse in other ways. India has been able to sustain
