DHARAMSHALA: Mr. Penpa Tsering, Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, today announced the names of the two new Additional Election Commissioners, appointed by the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile for the upcoming 2016 general elections for Sikyong of the 15th Kashag and members of the 16th Tibetan Parliament.
The two Additional Election Commissioners – Ven. Geshe Tenpa Tashi and Mr. Tenzin Choephel – have been elected by the Standing Committee of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile from the candidates proposed by a committee formed by Chief Justice Commissioner, Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament and Sikyong.
The committee comprised of former Kalon Kirti Rinpoche, former Chief Justice Commissioner Ngawang Phelgyal Gyechen and former Election Commissioner Mr. Jampel Choesang.
“The two additional election commissioners have been appointed in view of the upcoming general election in 2016,” Speaker Penpa Tsering told TibetNet.
Ven. Geshe Tenpa Tashi is born in Shardang village in Domey, eastern Tibet. He is a Tibetan scholar from Gomang monastery and a former religious teacher appointed by the Department of Religion and Culture, Central Tibetan Administration.
Mr. Tenzin Choephel is born in Kardze in eastern Tibet, currently based in Dharamshala. He is the former chairman of the association for Tibetan voluntary contribution, Mcleod Ganj. He also served as the chairman of the local Dotoe Association and the head of Indo-Tibetan Mcleod Development Society.
