Video from @tibettruth
After much discussion and anticipation on Twitter and Facebook at Midnight PDT today a track called ‘Trance For Tibet’ was publicly released by a musical collective known as L’Orchestre Invisible du Tibet. The piece is dedicated to Tibet’s people and their struggle for independence.Much appreciation to all those involved, including our friends over on Twitter.
Doctor Lobsang Sangay
Image:reutersblog
For years now efforts by the exiled Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) to convince China to agree a compromise on Tibet has been consistently and forcefully rejected by the Chinese authorities as a veiled bid to secure independence through the backdoor. Well in a spirit of satirical generosity we offer a solution to Lobsang Sangay, present ‘leader’ of the CTA, which we believe would dissolve China’s suspicions and secure the objective of autonomy for Tibetans, so desperately sought by Doctor Sangay. On May 8 at a presentation to the Council On Foreign Relations in DC he stunned the audience by announcing that “We don’t challenge, or ask for, an overthrow of the Communist Party. We don’t question or challenge the present structure of the ruling party.” adding “We are not asking for democracy for Tibetans in Tibet… we want rights as per the Chinese constitution.”.
Clearly he is dedicated and sincere in trying to secure for Tibetans the coveted status of Chinese citizens and the liberal rights and freedoms they enjoy, so here’s our eight point plan to advance that goal.
1). Dismantle entirely the political structure of governance in exile, this would include closing the Assembly Of Tibetan Deputies (effectively a Parliament)
2). Issue a formal declaration ending the office of the Kashag (the exiled Tibetan Cabinet)
3). Announce that the only legitimate government over Tibetans is that of the People’s Republic Of China (PRC)
4) Formally renounce any and all all political authority deriving from, and resign, your position as Sikyong (Political Leader) and formally close that office.
5). Release a formal statement agreeing that Taiwan is part of the PRC.
6) Publish a statement acknowledging that ‘Tibet’ is formed only by the boundaries of the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region
7) Release a formal admission that Tibet and its people, have since ancient times, been a part of China
8) Concede publicly that matters relating to Tibet and Tibetans is an internal affair of China and make known through a formal public announcement that all criticisms by the CTA of China and its polices in Tibet will end.
We believe that such measures would be a progressive and encouraging development in Doctor Sangay’s efforts to obtain a resolution to the ongoing impasse to negotiations with China. While there maybe some criticism of these compromises, no doubt from the usual hotheads who lack your political wisdom and insight, such is the price of reassuring China’s regime. After all the benefits are immense, citizenship under the laws on autonomy as defined by the Communist Party of China, what a rosy future that would mean for the Zang ethnic minority (formerly known at the Tibetans of U-Tsang)
Image: courtesy of @tibettruth
Is this what this organization wants inscribed on its tombstone? As we understand the situation no formal agreement has been issued by RTYC Bangalore apart from a vague and brief statement that appeared on Facebook yesterday:
Clearly this issue is of immense importance and this organization needs to release a clear and formal statement concerning any decision on withdrawing support for Tibet’s rightful independence. Should such a declaration be made we shall be happy to feature it here and extend to RTYC Bangalore the right to offer a rejoinder to this post.
There are questions which demand answering. For example why has RTYC Bangalore insisted no decision has been reached YET according to Tibetan journalist Tendar Tibet Tsering such an agreement was reached by its Executive to forgo Tibet’s independence?
There had been circulating some unsubstantiated suggestions that RTYC Baroda was following a similar line, so via Facebook we requested a clarification, our FB admin was informed (via private message) that such claims were baseless rumor. It is not unusual however for various speculations to pulse through exiled Tibetan communities and so we are very happy to post any formal and definitive statement from RTYC Baroda that it is not considering any review of its commitment to Rangzen.
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