The Journalist?

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Politicians and political parties love media coverage. The Journalist, a weekly paper, has featured PDP on its cover, directly or indirectly, in four of its last 8 issues. Therefore, PDP must be happy. Right? Not exactly. Every one of The Journalist’s stories on PDP during the last two months has a negative bias. And almost every one of them seems to be intended to undermine the PDP, and to discredit its president. The Journalist began their 1st April cover story by telling readers that: The talk in town is that Gasa MP, Damchoe Dorji, the only opposition member apart…

What we really need

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Our country is going through an unprecedented economic crisis. So why is the government establishing a “Secretariat for the new economy”for the United Nations? Instead, what we need is an office – a war room – dedicated to planning and directing the recovery of our economy. And why is the prime minister preparing to “make a statement promoting the vision for a new economic system” for the world? What we really need – desperately – is a head of government who is genuinely and fully committed to understanding, planning and directing the recovery of our economy.