Tag Archives: Tibetan Parliament

  • Pam D Tenzin Speaker’s Parliamentary gaffe on ministerial election 13 April 2019 | Pam D Tenzin This post has 10 comments

    The Judiciary is the defender of the Constitution against encroachments by any organs of the government. Hence, the Judicial Review should not have been confused with Judicial Intervention. ...

  • Tibetan top court refuses to swear in Topgyal Tsering as minister 29 March 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has one comment

    The Commission said the appointment will need 50% of the votes of the members present in the House, and the refusal was because 21 votes of 43 members make 48.8%. ...

  • Exile Tibetan budget for 2019-20 likely to be 4.5 billion rupees 20 March 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

    The budget was presented by Minister of Finance Karma Yeshi in the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile for the consideration by 43 members from India, Nepal, US, Europe, and Australia. ...

  • Norbu Tsering Palden Tsok-Tso Chok – My take on our Parliamentary sessions 15 October 2018 | Norbu Tsering This post has one comment

    What distinguishes us from others is the fact that at the risk of falling prey to the dormant disunifying chaos of democracy, we have very bravely adopted democracy come what may. ...

  • Parliament disapproves one-time voting proposed by Cabinet 27 September 2018 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 3 comments

    Members of the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile rejected the Cabinet's proposal to conduct exile Tibetan elections in one go in electing the CTA President and members of Parliament. ...

  • Norbu Tsering Changes required in our election rules 22 September 2018 | Norbu Tsering This post has one comment

    Many factors have led to irresponsible use of political freedom in the name of democracy, and regional sentiments are out-weighing our need for national unity. ...

  • Ngawang Choechen Do we need changes in our Parliament system? 20 September 2018 | Ngawang Choechen This post has 2 comments

    Do we need to amend election laws in line with changing circumstances? We certainly need some drastic changes now and should start discussion about it during the current session. ...

  • 17th Karmapa criticizes Parliament member over Nechung views 28 September 2017 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has 31 comments

    The 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje has lambasted a Parliament member representing the Kagyu sect over his views about Nechung, the State Oracle of Tibet. ...

  • Exile Tibetan Parliament passes budget of 2,434 million rupees 26 March 2017 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 3 comments

    The exile Tibetan Parliament passed a budget of 2,434.6 million Indian rupees for the programmes and activities of the Central Tibetan Administration for the coming fiscal year 2017-18. ...

  • Khenpo Sonam Tenphel and Pema Jungney to share Speaker post 30 May 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has one comment

    In a repeat of history, the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile has again elected two members to the post of Speaker, for two and a half years each, after three rounds of voting. ...