Speaker Pema Jungney
The budget session of the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile for the fiscal year 2020-2021 – which was scheduled for ten days from March 17 to 27 – was convened on March 17. Responding to the spread of Cornavirus crisis across the world and number of increasing positive cases in India, the session was held for one day only, in the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile based in Dharamshala.
The one-day budget session started with passing of two official resolutions paying tribute and condolences for Yonten, a 24 year old Tibetan who passed away during his self immolation protest against the Chinese régime on November 26, 2019, and former Parliamentarian Geshe Lharampa Tashi Gyaltsen who has also died. The session also passed a resolution expressing solidarity with the sufferings of Tibetans inside Tibet.
Karma Yeshi, Minister of the Finance Department, presented the budget for the year 2020-2021; however, the discussion on the purposed budget was curtailed to enable the session to be completed in the single day allocated, and budgets were approved through vote counts alone. The session approved INR 2,700 million [USD 35,900 / £31,000 ] budgets for the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and its offices.
The Speaker concluded the meeting, reminding everyone that 2020 will be marked as the year of gratitude to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and urged all to follow His Holiness’s advices and remain united for the common cause of Tibet.
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