Bhutan: work experience of 25 years mandatory for Constitutional heads

All heads of Constitutional offices will need to have at least 25 years of work experience in the government or public service while the other members and commissioners will need at least 20 years of work experience. This was decided in today's session of the Parliament as they discussed the Service Condition Bill for holders of the Constitutional offices.

The National Council had earlier proposed that Constitutional post holder needed at least 30 years of work experience in the government or public service. But, today's deliberation went with the National Assembly's proposal and decided that all heads of Constitutional offices should have 25 years of work experience while the other members and commissioners should have 20 years of work experience.

But what happens to the existing commissioners and the heads of the Constitutional offices? The question was posed by the Economic Affairs Minister.

To this the Speaker informed the House that the work experience requirement will apply only to the new ones.

Following this, the Parliament also deliberated on whether or not the benefits for the other members or the commissioners should be included in the Act.

They then discussed the salary and other incentives of the Constitutional post holders. Source: BBS