DHARMSALA, India — The Dalai Lama says he will give up his political role in Tibet’s government-in-exile, shifting that power to an elected representative.
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The Tibetan spiritual leader has long said he wanted the elected government-in-exile based in this Indian hill town to have more power.
He says in a Thursday speech he would soon be proposing amendments to the exile constitution “reflecting my decision to devolve my formal authority to the elected leader.”
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