“I would like to strongly refute the speech made by Chines President Xi Jinping and the visit of the foreign minister to Tibet,” Sikyong said. The democratically elected Tibetan leader also issued strong rebuke of Xi Jinping’s new policy directions on Tibet proposed recently at the CCP top-level meeting and called them completely “misguided, flawed” and “absolutely unacceptable.”Īt the 7th Central Symposium on Tibet Works from 27 to 28 August, Xi Jinping had laid out four key policy directions on Tibet which include combating ‘separatism’ to instil devotion for the “motherland” and Sinicizing Tibetan Buddhism and adapting Tibetan Buddhism into Chinese socialist system. With profound tribute and gratitude, Sikyong thanked His Holiness for the gift of Tibetan democracy because of which the Tibetan governance system has progressed and matured into a full-fledged democratic institution with elected representatives from the three traditional provinces of Tibet, four Buddhist sects and Bon religion-thus lending the CTA leadership uncontested legitimacy as the true representative of the Tibetan people and their aspirations. Having really moved by it, His Holiness took it as an idea that the Tibetan government should have similar system.” He saw a member of parliament criticizing the then PM Pandit Nehru. “He was rather pleasantly surprised because he saw a very noisy, ruckus Indian parliament. He hailed His Holiness a true democrat who was drawn towards fairness and democratic principles from young age, and most remarkably, in 1954 when he witnessed for the first time, a true democratic debate in Indian parliament. On March 2011, His Holiness the Dalai Lama had relinquished all his political authority to the democratically elected leader, Dr Lobsang Sangay in what marked as the final transition of Tibetan political system to a full-fledged and matured democracy.ĭescribing His Holiness extraordinary commitment and leadership to these reforms, Sikyong Dr Sangay said, not only did His Holiness reject his people’s repeated pleas for him to remain in power but ‘even from as early as 1963, His Holiness mandated that there be a provision of his own impeachment in the constitution’.Īmong the countless legacies of His Holiness, one of the greatest legacies is his democratic ideals,” Sikyong said. “For the last sixty years, it was His Holiness’ vision, his idea which was way ahead of many other countries and definitely ahead of Tibetan society,” said Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, speaking on the occasion. The senior leadership of the CTA observed a ceremony at the headquarters here to mark the historic day, and to pay tribute to His Holiness for the priceless gift of democracy. Photo/Tenzin Phende/CTAĭharamshala: Tibetans worldwide on Wednesday celebrated 60 years since it took its first crucial step towards democracy with the establishment of the first elected representative body of Tibetan people (then called The Commission of Tibetan People’s Deputies) guided by the pioneer himself, His Holiness the Dalai Lama which forever changed the course of Tibetan history. ‘Among the countless legacies of His Holiness, one of the greatest legacies is his democratic ideals,’ Sikyong in his address at the celebration of the 60th anniversary of Tibetan democracy day at CTA headquarters.
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