Tag Archives: Tibetan Parliament

  • Leading NGOs urge members of Tibetan parliament to reconcile 5 August 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 11 comments

    Four leading Tibetan organisations urged the two bickering groups of the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile to patch up their differences and convene the Parliament for the greater cause of Tibet. ...

  • Will pursue Middle-way approach to resolve Tibetan issue: Sikyong Penpa Tsering 1 July 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 34 comments

    Reaching out to the Chinese government to resolve the Tibetan issue will be Sikyong Penpa Tsering's top priority. This was announced by Tsering during a press conference today. ...

  • Tibetan EC appeals 22 MPs to take oath to end Parliament deadlock 18 June 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 31 comments

    With half the members of the hung Tibetan Parliament-in-exile refusing to take oath before the Protem Speaker, Tibetan Election Commissioner Wangdu Tsering Pesur appealed to them to reconsider their decision. ...

  • Norbu Tsering Can we have nominated Choeluk MPs? 16 June 2021 | Norbu Tsering This post has 38 comments

    Monks are supposed to have preferred the life of spirituality to the tumultuous life of the layman. Throwing them into the messy business of parliamentary politics can be a disservice to the Buddha. ...

  • Tibetan Parliament crisis continues with no end in sight 12 June 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 14 comments

    The ongoing crisis of the Tibetan Parliament, which has seen two factions challenging each other over the validity of taking oath before the Protem Speaker, continues with no end in sight. ...

  • New Tibetan Parliament in limbo, half of oaths nullified 8 June 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 62 comments

    Protem Speaker Dawa Tsering took oath before Chief Justice Commissioner Sonam Norbu Dagpo at 9am, and then administered oath of office to all the ten members of Amdo, nine from U-Tsang, two from Europe, and one from North America, at 10am. ...

  • Tibetan Parliament members to take oath in violation of Charter 7 June 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 19 comments

    The newly-elected members of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile will take oath as planned on the morning of 8 June, but some will be taking oath in violation of the Tibetan Charter. ...

  • New members of the 17th Tibetan Parliament to take oath on 8 June 30 May 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 14 comments

    The new members elected to the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile will take oath as members of parliament before a Pro-tem Speaker on 8 June to officially start their five-year term. ...

  • Deputy Speaker to skip new Sikyong’s swearing-in ceremony 26 May 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 18 comments

    In the ongoing feud between the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission and the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile, the Deputy Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile has decided not to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the new Sikyong tomorrow. ...

  • Dalai Lama to bless Penpa Tsering’s Sikyong oath 25 May 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 11 comments

    Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will bless the swearing-in ceremony of Sikyong-elect Penpa Tsering in a virtual appearance, when Tsering takes his oath of office from the Chief Justice on Thursday, the 27th of this month. ...