Mexico: The Mexico Congress headed by Deputy Salvador Caro Cabrera on Tuesday launched the ‘Tibet Friends’ in the congress.
The session began with the presentation of the members of the legislative group, followed by the proposal and election of the composition of the board of directors, the installation and beginning of the work of the group of legislators friends of Tibet. The Technical Secretariat was presented and voted on, and the installation of the group of friends of Tibet was declared open.
Representative of Latin America’s Office of Tibet, Jigme Tsering, read the letters sent by Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel of the Tibetan parliament in exile and the letter sent by Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration where they welcomed the formation of the parliamentary group of friends of Tibet in the Mexican congress.
Representative Jigme Tsering read his speech, informing the deputies of the current human rights situation in Tibet, about the middle-way approach proposed by the Tibetan government in exile and evoked the illustrious Mexicans, who in the past decided to help and protect those in need despite external pressures.
Subsequently, the deputies friends of Tibet, headed by Deputy Salvador Caro Cabrera and the guests headed by Marco Antonio Karam, president and founder of Casa Tibet Mexico, Tereluz Flores, coordinator for Latin America of the International Tibet Network, Raymundo Zaldivar coordinator of the Tibet MX support group, and Jesús Olivares, counsellor of Tibet Mx, gave a press conference where Deputy Salvador Caro Cabrera formally announced the founding of the group of friends of Tibet in the Mexican congress.
Later, Marco Antonio Karam read his speech where he spoke about the importance of preserving the rich culture of the Tibetan people, the environment and respect for human rights. The deputy members of the group of friends of Tibet expressed their joy and determination to work in favour of preserving the rich Tibetan culture. The representatives of the support groups for Tibet expressed their joy and appreciation to the deputies for the formation of the group of friends of Tibet in the Mexican congress and evoked the long Mexican tradition of friendship with the peoples of the world and recognised the tradition of asylum and shelter for all those who have needed the protection of the Mexican government. In the end, the official closing of the solemn event was carried out with the signing of the minutes that testify to the formation of the group of legislators- friends of Tibet.
Representative Jigme Tsering, Marco Antonio Karam, Tereluz Flores, Raymundo Zaldivar and Jesus Olivares, were invited to the session hall of the Chamber of Deputies, where the annual budget was being discussed, and all 500 deputies were present. Deputy Salvador Caro Cabrera, speaking in front of the plenary, informed the deputies of the formation of the group of friends of Tibet, which was received with applause. Likewise, the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies welcomed the presence of Representative Jigme Tsering, Marco Antonio Karam, president of Casa Tibet Mexico, TereLuz Flores, coordinator of the International Tibet Network for Latin America and Raymundo Zaldivar, coordinator of the support group Tibet MX.
In the plenary hall, deputy Salvador Caro Cabrera introduced Jigme Tsering to his fellow legislators where other deputies joined the group of friends of Tibet after interacting with Representative Jigme Tsering, bringing the total to 19 deputies who formed the parliamentary group of friends of Tibet.
Thereafter, at the invitation of Deputy Caro Cabrera, Jigme Tsering, Marco Antonio Karam, Tere Luz Flores, and Raymundo Zaldivar visited the legislative precinct where they were informed about the history of the congress and the meaning of the murals and symbols represented in the Chamber of Deputies was explained.
–Reported OOT, Latin America