The issue of draying and discotheques was brought up in the National Assembly on November 2, by Mp Chencho Dorji. He said that drayangs and discotheques were creating social disharmony in Paro.
MP Kinley Dorji said that the issue of drayang is not new. He said that the inconvenience started from the capital and has reached remote places like Tsirang. MP Pema Lhamo also said that most of the girls working in Drayangs are exploited and there are girls below the age of 18 working in drayangs.
Women are being exploited in drayangs, said MP Chencho Dorji. He said that in a way legalising drayangs is like legalising prostitution.
Lyonpo Pema Gyamtsho said that individual dzongkhags should discuss whether there is a need for drayangs and discotheques in their dzongkhags.
MP Tshering Tenzin expressed that one of the major problems regarding the drayangs were unclear licensing procedure. He informed that licenses for entertainment places were issued by BICMA while the bars inside entertainment places were sanctioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs resulting in double licensing by the same authority.
Lyonpo Dorji Wangdi assured that the government can take in all the employees of drayangs and discotheques and provide alternative employment.
Opposition Leader, Tshering Tobgay said that Drayangs and discotheques benefit the government through employment and business tax. Such business also makes the economy strong, he said. “Drayangs also promote culture,” he said.
He said that there are also inconveniences caused by drayangs and discotheques but the government should not immediately downsize drayangs or stop renewing their licences.
While, some MPs said that drayangs should be banned most MPs said that it was important to formulate clear policies and laws rather than shutting down some entertainment places while allowing others to operate.
Expressing his views, Speaker Jigme Tshultrim said that it was important to reconsider the timing for the entertainment places and set forth not to issue new licenses in places where the entertainment places already exits to mitigate problems in the society.
Drayangs in Thimphu has employed more than 200 youth. So would it be realistic to close down the drayangs?
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ReplyDeleteMPs are too blunt sometime; we don't cut our head of just because we have headache.
ReplyDeleteAnd Labour Minister was very confident about his promise to employ all drayang girls... but I just want to tell him to worry about thousands of jobless youth rather than those with jobs.
Some years from now Drayangs will be one place like gym or yoga where families go and get rid of their work stress at night.
But these MPs have tunnel vision!
i am sure all these MPs looking down on these girls dont go to places like this. if they dont, how will they know whats happening there. and i am 100% confident that they havnt done any sort of research. now if they havnt been there and havnt conducted any research, how can they just bluff.
ReplyDeletejob guaranteed? wake up please, already unable to give job to the hundreds of unemployed youth. people in the rural places are lacking basic facilities, perhaps some of their own birth places
common have some respect for these girls. they are earning bread with hardwork, that is also inspite of all the embarrassment and discrimination caused by the media and such society.
well, i think the rest of the comments going to come up as an article..will post it soon