Exiled Tibetans re-elect Sangay as their leader
Exiled Tibetans have reelected Lobsang Sangay as their leader, the election commission said yesterday, five years after the Dalai Lama ceded political power in a bid to foster democracy and secure his succession.
The 48-year-old former academic won 57 percent of the vote in the second round held last month, easily retaining the role that he first took on in 2011 when the Dalai Lama announced he was stepping back from political life and devolving his responsibilities.
After the result was announced, he vowed to continue the "freedom struggle" of the Tibetan people until they won genuine autonomy. "We will continue as long as it takes til basic freedom is restored in Tibet. Til genuine autonomy is granted to Tibetan people inside Tibet," he told journalists in Dharamsala.
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