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The Constitution states that Buddhism is the spiritual heritage of Bhutan. [17] Buddhism is described as promoting the principles and values of peace, non-violence, compassion and tolerance. The Constitution places upon religious institutions and personalities the responsibility to promote the spiritual heritage of Bhutan while also ensuring ...
A map of Bhutan showing its 20 dzongkhags.Currently, each dzongkhag has between two and five National Assembly constituencies. The table below lists the 47 National Assembly constituencies with the name of the dzongkhag they are in, the number of constituent gewogs, [B] and the number of registered voters.
Constitution of Bhutan: July 18, 2008: 13,632 Constitution of Bolivia: February 7, 2009: ... Other States. Constitution of Artsakh; Constitution of the Irish Free State;
Bhutan's head of state is the Druk Gyalpo ("Dragon King"). Although his title is hereditary, he must retire by age 65, and he can be removed by a two-thirds majority vote by the parliament followed by a national referendum, which must pass by a simple majority in all twenty districts of the country. [ 6 ]
Under the 2008 Constitution, Article 12, section 1, the National Assembly consists of a maximum of 55 members directly elected by the citizens of constituencies within each Dzongkhag (District). [3] Under this single-winner voting system , each constituency is represented by a single National Assembly member; each of the 20 Dzongkhags must be ...
Bhutan is located between the Tibet Autonomous Region of China and India on the eastern slopes of the Himalayas in South Asia. [1] Dzongkhags are the primary subdivisions of Bhutan. They possess a number of powers and rights under the Constitution of Bhutan, such as regulating commerce, running elections, and creating local governments.
Of these, three are federal republics (India, Nepal and Pakistan), one is a unitary republic (Bangladesh) and one is a constitutional monarchy (Bhutan). Two South Asian countries, the Maldives and Sri Lanka , have either presidential (Maldives) or semi-presidential (Sri Lanka) governments which are accountable to elected legislatures; and both ...
Bhutan, [a] officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, [b] [14] (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ; Wylie: 'Druk gyal khab) is a landlocked country in South Asia, situated in the Eastern Himalayas between China in the north and India in the south, with the Indian state of Sikkim separating it from neighbouring Nepal.