{"id":297757,"date":"2011-03-10T07:45:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T07:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/10\/dalai-lama-ready-to-give-up-political-role\/"},"modified":"2011-03-10T07:45:09","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T07:45:09","slug":"dalai-lama-ready-to-give-up-political-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/10\/dalai-lama-ready-to-give-up-political-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Dalai Lama ready to give up political role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"83.3818049843\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link -->       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"77.9822423398\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <!-- REAP --><!--startclickprintexclude--><!-- PURGE: \/2011\/WORLD\/asiapcf\/03\/10\/india.dalai.lama\/t1larg.dalai.lama.afp.gi.jpg --><!-- KEEP --><!--===========CAPTION==========--><\/p>\n<div readability=\"9\">\n<p>Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures as he speaks during a students gathering at the Mumbai University in Mumbai on February 18, 2011.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--===========\/CAPTION=========--><!-- \/PURGE: \/2011\/WORLD\/asiapcf\/03\/10\/india.dalai.lama\/t1larg.dalai.lama.afp.gi.jpg --> <!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- \/REAP --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>NEW:  China calls the Dalai Lama a &#8220;religious crook&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>He says he will &#8220;continue to provide political leadership,&#8221; but not as an elected leader<\/li>\n<li>The Dalai Lama fled China in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Tibetans need a leader, elected freely by the Tibetan people,&#8221; the Dalai Lama says<\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>(CNN)<\/b> &#8212; The Dalai Lama announced Thursday his plan to retire as political head of the Tibetan exile movement, according to his website. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tibetans need a leader, elected freely by the Tibetan people, to whom I can devolve power,&#8221; the exiled spiritual leader said in a statement.   &#8220;Now, we have clearly reached the time to put this into effect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Dalai Lama remains the head of state for now, according to Tempa Tshering, his representative in India, and will remain the group&#8217;s spiritual leader.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On March 14th, parliament will meet in Dharamsala (India) and decide whether to approve his request,&#8221; he said.  &#8220;He wants to make a change. He has always believed in democracy and He wasn&#8217;t elected as head of state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If the changes are made, leadership of the group would be passed onto an elected leader.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since I made my intention clear I have received repeated and earnest requests both from within Tibet and outside, to continue to provide political leadership,&#8221; the Dalai Lama said in his statement.  &#8220;My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility. It is to benefit Tibetans in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is not because I feel disheartened. Tibetans have placed such faith and trust in me that as one among them I am committed to playing my part in the just cause of Tibet,&#8221; he said.  &#8220;I trust that gradually people will come to understand my intention, will support my decision and accordingly let it take effect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese foreign ministry panned the announcement, calling the Dalai Lama a &#8220;religious crook,&#8221; who is trying to splinter China.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is the mastermind of political activism,&#8221; said Jiang Yu, ministry spokeswoman.  &#8220;He has said many times he is leaving but this seems to be one of his tricks to deceive the international community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Dalai Lama fled China in 1959 after a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule.  The exile group is headquartered in Dharamsala in northern India.<\/p>\n<p>The Dalai Lama told CNN in October that he would like to retire at some point.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m also a human being. &#8230; Retirement is also my right,&#8221; he said while on a speaking tour of North America.<\/p>\n<p>Without saying exactly when, he said, &#8220;Sooner or later, I have to go. I&#8217;m over 75, so next 10 years, next 20 years, one day I will go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b> CNN&#8217;s Ben Brumfeld and Sara Sidner contributed to this report<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintinclude--><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n<!-- \/cnn_strybtmcntnt --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/cnn_strycntnt --><!-- \/cnn_strycntntrgt --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>[Read more here|Read the original here|Read more from the original source|Continued here|Read more|More here|View original post here|More|See more here|See original here|Originally posted here|Here is the original post|See the original post|The rest is here|Read the rest here|See the rest here|Go here to read the rest|Go here to see the original|See the original post here|Read the original post|Original post|Read the original|Link|Excerpt from|View post|Visit link|Follow this link|Continue reading here|See the article here|Read this article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures as he speaks during a students gathering at the Mumbai University in Mumbai on February 18, 2011. STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: China calls the Dalai Lama a &#8220;religious crook&#8221; He says he will &#8220;continue to provide political leadership,&#8221; but not as an elected leader The Dalai Lama fled China in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule &#8220;Tibetans need a leader, elected freely by the Tibetan people,&#8221; the Dalai Lama says (CNN) &#8212; The Dalai Lama announced Thursday his plan to retire as political head of the Tibetan exile movement, according to his website. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dalai Lama ready to give up political role - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/10\/dalai-lama-ready-to-give-up-political-role\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Dalai Lama ready to give up political role - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures as he speaks during a students gathering at the Mumbai University in Mumbai on February 18, 2011. 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