Notables: "Native dress is mandatory at work and at school."... Not accurate. Native dress is mandatory at work, school and whenever you venture out of your home. It is mandatory. Period. (Well, except if one has familial connections to the Royal Family and the ruling elite). And is punishable by fines. Early nineties, it was punishable by fine, imprisonment, and eventual expulsion from the country, if the accused happened to be a 'Lhotsampa' (nepali-speaking southerner). "We are not starting a party because we have an ideology. We're not starting a party because we have a vision for a better Bhutan. We are starting a party because the king has ordered us." ...Yeah! And if we win the elections, we will run the country according to the wishes of the King. Bhutan's Big Fat Democracy! No wonder Druk Yellow won! Preservation of rich culture and tradition ('while trampling on all other cultures not our own' would have aptly completed the description of the platform, just as it has been for the last few decades. ) Bhutanese people: The typical parakeets, which, when freed, return to the cage on their own! There used to be a time when Ugandans thought/believed Idi was the greatest man on earth! And so do many North Koreans of their puny dictator! Oh well! Hopefully by July, someone with some guts may set up a political party that would actually be not afraid of the powers already in place and utilize the opening to fight for real democracy. Hopefully...