Exiled Tibetans have started voting to elect a political leader for the next five years in a bid to help sustain their struggle to secure complete autonomy for Chinese-ruled Tibet.
-The second such election follows a decision by the Dalai Lama, the 80-year-old Nobel Peace Laureate, to relinquish his political authority and vest it in a democratic system that could outlast him..
-China does not recognise the government that represents more than 100,000 exiled Tibetans living mainly in India, Nepal and Bhutan.
-The second such election follows a decision by the Dalai Lama, the 80-year-old Nobel Peace Laureate, to relinquish his political authority and vest it in a democratic system that could outlast him..
-China does not recognise the government that represents more than 100,000 exiled Tibetans living mainly in India, Nepal and Bhutan.
-The "Sikyong", or elected leader, will be solely responsible for political and diplomatic decisions, as the charismatic monk steps back from the limelight amid uncertainty over how his successor will be chosen.
-Tibetan Buddhism holds that the soul of a senior lama is reincarnated in the body of a child after he dies.
- -Tibetans-in-exile around the world voted for a new Parliament as well as for their choice of ‘Sikyong’ (term for the so-called Prime Minister-in-exile)
- -The Sikyong post itself isn’t recognised officially by any country, but is part of the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA) that looks after the welfare of lakhs of Tibetan refugees
- -The challenges the winner of the election for the post of Sikyong would face are daunting
- -For one, some exiles feel that it may be easier if the CTA encourages the next generation to pursue Indian citizenships instead of living as refugees so they have better opportunities to study and work
- -Also there is the challenge from radicals who want Tibet to completely break away from China
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