Speaker Jigme Tshultim, submitted his second rebuttal statement against the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to the Mongar District Court yesterday.
Speaker Jigme Tshultim once again refuted all the charges pressed against him by the ACC and pleaded not guilty.
The Speaker in his statement reiterated that all the plot allotments were done according to the law. He once again asked the constitutionality and locus standi of the case and if the ACC’s Act can be applied retrospectively.
The Gyalpoizhing Land Scam Case, the Speaker added, is aimed at hampering the reputation of his Party and the institution of democracy.
Speaker Jigme Tshultim, as then the Mongar Dzongda and the Chairman of the Gyalpoizhing Plot Allotment Committee, is accused of forgery, deceptive practice, sale of Government land and illegal registration of Government land.
The Anti-Corruption Commission will rebut the Speaker’s statement on Monday.
Hearings for the committee members are also being conducted simultaneously. Around 18 committee members are being charged for official misconduct. As a committee member then, they are all charged for not carrying out their responsibilities diligently. Around four to six hearings on Gyalpoizhing Land Case are being held at the Mongar District Court on a daily basis.
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From BBS
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Also in this series: Gyalpoizhing Land Scam in Court
- Dechen Singye Defends Gyalpoizhing Plot Allotment
- Gyalpoizhing Land Allotment Committee Members in Mongar Court
- Minjur Dorji in Mongar Court for Gyalpoizhing Land Scam Case
- ACC Rebuts Gyalpoizhing Land Allotment Committee Members
- ACC Rebuts Speaker Jigme Tshultim in Gyalpoizhing Land Scam Case
- Mongar Court Full Steam with Gylapoizhing Land Scam Case
- Minjur Dorji Must Be Held Responsible
- Jigme Tshultim is Accused of Forgery, Deceptive Practices, Sale of Government Land and Illegal Registration of Government Land
- ACC: Minjur Dorji Illegally Gave Land to Kharchu Dratshang and Drametse Dratshang
- Speaker Jigme Tshultim Says Not Guilty
- Speaker Jigme Tshultim Wants TV Broadcast From The Courtroom
- Gyalpoizhing Land Beneficiaries Related to High Ranking Officials
- Minjur Dorji Wrote Minutes of the Meeting in His Own Handwriting
- PM JYT: Speaker and Home Minister Didn’t Do Anything Wrong
- Jigme Tshultim Provided With Heaters in Mongar Court
- Gyalpoizhing Land Scam Case Court Verdict
- Finally A Superman – Er… A Superwoman
Thats Jigme Tshultim Jr. right behind daddy. Who’s the MP on the JT’s left?
Tshultim Jr. is laughing away because he knows nothing will happen to his father. His father is an UNTOUCHABLE.
Did you guys observe the body language of Jigme Tshultim and Minjur Dorji, they were exiting from the court room as though they have won an election; with their hands raised in the air and full of smiles. I don’t understand what the govet. officials, MPs and the police are doing with them, this is their personal case ……
they have an entourage of govt. officials as though they are on some official tours, are they allowed that privileges????
He said in the court that if the land allotment was wrong, King wouldn’t give timber kidu to the people who got land. What is he implying here ?????
everyone is equal before the law! not minjure n JT. they r super heroes even the drangpon did not say anything about the court protocol that says ‘all weapons are disallowed in the court of law’ has been disregarded in their case! mr. justice of the court, what kind of justice can the people expect from u?
JT’s intention is quite clear and desperate…. the vague romance of carrying his wrongs to the foot of the throne…
The MP’s of Bhutan are not to be trusted and relied upon. Once they get selected, then they forget about people’s welfare. They just try to store as much as they can to store for their future. Above all, their majestic walks are really appreciated by many people of Bhutan. Come on we Bhutanese, please repeat electing the MP’s as before and make them rich and wealthy. I damn and feel shit on them.
As long as Bhutan’s form is maintained in the feudal era through state policy, our attempts to become a democracy in substance will continue to be thwarted at worst and compromised at best. Simple as that. Common sensical.