Bhutan is one of the
most backward, underdeveloped and poor countries among the poorest countries of
South-Asia. Even though, it is rich enough in its geo-natural and
human-resources, the nature of semi-feudalism and semi-colonialism have
adversely affected its development. The very reason behind it is the monarchy,
which has been controlled by the Wangchuk dynasty for the last 96 years.
More than 75% of the
people are illiterate, poverty stricken, unhealthy, jobless and corrupted, while
Bhutan’s maximum property is divided amongst the Wangchuk families. Foreign aid,
received in the name of the people and nation building activities, are not only
misused in the implementation process through buying cars and constructing
private assets, but also misused in activities that endanger the existence of
our nation as a whole.
Even the Sherchops,
who are Nepali-origin Bhutanese, and are next in population size, as well as the
Khengpas, Kurtekpas, Doyas, Brokpas, Layaps, Drakpas and Uraons-mundas, who are
Indian-origin Bhutanese, are all oppressed and exploited very badly.
Educational Freedom,
Freedom of speech and publications are ruthlessly violated and all kinds of
democratic and civil rights are suppressed through secret murder, imprisonment
and torture, state terror and so on. The burning example for this is the
Bhutanese refugee crisis.
Neither the existence
of human rights nor the installation of civil rights are possible without
smashing the monarchy in Bhutan. In reality, it is impossible to promote any
rights and justice in this situation. Hence, the true enemy of the people of
Bhutan is the Wangchuk dynasty and its despotic regime, which serves as the
compradors of Bhutanese feudalism, Indian expansionism and imperialism as a
whole. A true and new democracy can be established only after smashing the
monarchy in Bhutan.
In this context, it
is crystal clear that the New Democratic Revolution is the historical necessity
of the hour to solve all the kinds of crisis of semi-feudal and semi-colonial
Bhutan. Hence, on this auspicious occasion of the 133
rd
Lenin Day, with countrywide postering, pamphleting, wall-painting and hoisting
the proletariat international red flag, marked with the sickle-hammer, including
at Thimpu — the capital city of Bhutan — we proudly proclaim the declaration of
the Bhutan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist) to wage the new democratic
revolution on the soil of Bhutan and take oath to reach a classless society via
socialism by waging an anti-feudal, anti-imperialist peasant revolution through
the new democratic revolution in Bhutan.
Therefore, the Bhutan
Communist Party (MLM) requests all the Bhutanese workers, peasants, businessmen,
employee, students, youths, teachers, writers, intellectuals and civilians to
accept its appeal and call and to help physically, morally and economically in
the struggle.
The Bhutan Communist
Party (MLM) also requests the international communities, on behalf of the
oppressed Bhutanese masses, not to help the autocratic regime of the Wangchuk
dynasty, but extend their support towards the Bhutan Communist Party (MLM) which
is fighting in the forefront of the struggle for democracy, civil and human
rights in the democratic struggle of Bhutan.
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