Parliament Reaffirms Faith In His Holiness’ Wisdom To Resolve Tibet Issue[Saturday, 20 March 2010, 5:13 p.m.]
Dharamsala:
On the concluding day of the IX session of the XIV Tibetan
Parliament-in-Exile (TPIE) today it unanimously passed a set of
resolutions reaffirming its faith in His Holiness the Dalai Lama in
using his wisdom to resolve the issue of Tibet in pursuance to the
unanimous resolutions passed by the Parliament on 18 September 1997.While
briefing the press after the conclusion of the proceedings the Speaker
and Deputy speaker of the Tibetan Parliament said that the resolution
was passed after two days of extensive deliberation on the Statement of
His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the current session of the parliament. It
may be noted that His Holiness had directed the parliament to undertake
a thorough discussion with the administration to clarify the
misunderstanding and confusion that the ‘Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy
for the Tibetan People ‘and the ‘Note on the Memorandum’ submitted to
the Chinese government do not reflect His views or that they had not
been tabled or approved by the Parliament. The resolution,
inter alia, said that the parliament was fully convinced that the
Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy for the Tibetan People and the Note on
Memorandum submitted to the Chinese government were in accordance with
the wishes of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and that these documents
needed no discussion with the Parliament as it was recognised as
implementation of and as per the earlier unanimous resolutions.The
Parliament also extended sincere apologies to His Holiness the Dalai
Lama for any pain and hurt caused by the recent controversy and
misconception on the matter.The Parliament resolved further
that the members in future would strive sincerely to improve the
standards and the proceedings of the parliament and that it would work
for the public good avoiding partisan feelings.
