What sort of election in Bhutan?

Kathmandu, 25 March: The Kathmandu Post in an edit entitled ‘Bhutan’s polls, Tuesday questioned the legitimacy on elections in Bhutan Monday.
‘What sort of parliamentary election is it when one-fifth of the population, who have been languishing in UNHCR-administered refugee camps, are denied the right to vote in it?
Will the much-touted polls really put an end to the absolute monarchy in Bhutan or will they be mere eyewash to legitimize the de-Bhutanization of over 140,000 people?” the newspaper asked.
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12,000 Bhutanese referred for resettlement

Kathmandu, 24 March: Out of 108,000 Bhutanese refugees living in seven camps in Goldhap Refugee Camp of Jhapa, 12,000 persons have been referred for resettlement in seven different countries, The Rising Nepal reports.
The process of interviewing refugees who are interested in the resettlement proposal will continue, UNHCR said.
UNHCR has referred 11,000 to USA, 800 persons to Australia, slightly more than 150 to New Zealand and smaller numbers to Cananda, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway.
Canada, Denmark, Netherlands and Norway have accepted 29, 13, 32 and 24 persons respectively.
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