Tibetan Parliament nod to Dalai’s wish to quit

Mar 26, 2011 |

Dharamsala

A fortnight after the Dalai Lama expressed his desire to give up his political duties, Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile on Friday agreed to amend its charter to grant his wish but proposed that he continues as the “symbolic head” of the exiled Tibetan government.
Giving its formal approval to the Dalai Lama’s wish to quit as the political head of the community, the Tibetan Parliament in Exile passed four resolutions on the last day of its Budget Session on Friday to prepare the ground map for the transition of power from the spiritual leader to democratically elected representative.
Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile Samthong Rimpoche told the Tibetan Parliament here that the House has agreed to the desire of the spiritual leader for an amendment in the Tibetan Charter (Constitution) to relieve him of his political duties. “The charter shall be amended accordingly. And for that an amendment committee shall be constituted shortly,” he said.
The chairman of the present (14th) Parliament has been authorised to choose this committee, he said.
“The Parliament will meet in a specially convened session by the end of May this year, (before the 15th Parliament takes over), to approve the amendments,” he added.
The amendment committee shall give the report by April 11 and then the Cabinet shall discuss it with the Dalai Lama, said MP Dhawa Tsering.
Earlier, the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile discussed the report of the three-member committee which proposed amendments to the Tibetan Charter.

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