Dalai Lama Proposes on National Day To Devolve Power to Elect Leader
Dalai Lama (a1.ro)
The case of Dalai Lama comes again into the media spotlight as the 75-year spiritual leader announced on Thursday that he would propose the modification of the Charter for Tibetans in Exile in order to make it possible for him to give up political power.
Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th leader of Tibet and has been in exile since the Communist regime of the People’s Republic of China has annexed the Tibet in 1959, and has been residing since in the Indian city of Dharamsala, where the seat of the government in exile is.
He became Dalai Lama in 1950, when the previous leader died, and was mainly unknown until 1989, when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Tibetan Uprising Day (tibetanyouthcongress.org)
Dalai Lama addressed the matter of transferring political power on the occasion of the Tibetan National Uprising Day, celebrated on Thursday, when he said that the time has come for the power to be handed to a freely elected leader.
He said that when the parliament opened on March, 14, he would propose the necessary amendments to the Chart.
„Since 1960s, I have repeatedly stressed that Tibetans need a leader freely elected,” and that now it was time for that to happen, he said.
He added that the desire to devolve authority is not running from responsibility, but doing what is best for the Tibetans for the future.
Referring to Chinese embargo on information, Dalai Lama reminded that the Earth belonged to God and that the Chinese republic belonged to the milliard people that live in it, and consequently people should have a right to be informed and live freely.
It is considered that Dalai Lama is also making this move for reason that pertain to his health condition, especially related to his advanced age.
The visionary thinking of the 14th Dalai Lama has been appreciated on different occasions such as when he said that the next Dalai could be a woman, or that the search ritual for the new embodiment of the next Dalai Lama should be abandoned, and the new leader should be voted in councils similar to those of other religions.
