Tibetan Parliament gives its nod to Dalai Lama''s wish to quit
PTI | 08:03 PM,Mar 25,2011As per the resolutions passed by Tibetan Parliament today, a new committee consisting of members of the cabinet and Parliament would discuss threadbare the changes to be made in the Charter to facilitate the transition of power from the Dalai Lama to an elected representative and submit its report before April 11. A general House of Tibetan Diaspora consisting of members of Parliament, Heads of Tibetan Institutions, representatives in other countries and other heads would be convened to hold further discussions on the report of the committee on transfer of political responsibilities and a special session of present Tibetan Parliament would be convened in the third week of May to give final approval to the amendments to be made in the Charter. The result of elections of Prime minister and new Parliament would be declared on April 27 but the term of the present Parliament would expire in June and the purpose of convening a special session of present Parliament was to hand over the political responsibilities to the new government, Kelon Tripa (Prime Minister) Samdhong Rinpoche said while talking to mediapersons. The Dalai Lama had conveyed his decision to give up his political responsibilities to the exiled Parliament on March 14 with request to make suitable amendments in Tibetan Charter to pave the way for transition of power to elected people. The Parliament then passed a resolution on March 18 urging Dalai Lama to reconsider his decision but he refused to buzz and returned the resolution to the Parliament. Kalon Tripa (PM) Samdhong Rinpoche presented recommendations to the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile on ways to amend the exile Charter and bring a new power structure to the Tibetan government-in-exile as the Dalai Lama retires from political leadership.
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