воскресенье, 4 марта 2012 г.

Tibetans want ceremonial role for Dalai Lama

DHARMSALA, India (AP) — Tibetan exiles in India planned Tuesday to urge the Dalai Lama to stay on as the ceremonial head of state of their government-in-exile even though he has turned political authority over to an elected leader.

The Tibetan parliament is discussing amendments to its constitution, which are required after the 75-year-old spiritual leader announced that he wanted to end his political role. The deliberations included more than 400 exiles and lasted four days in the northern Indian hill town of Dharmsala, the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile.

A parliament spokesman said if the Dalai Lama turns down their proposal, they would then consider making him the …

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