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Tibetans plan honorary role for the Dalai Lama - Hong Kong paper.

BBC Monitoring International Reports

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Text of report by Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post website on 26 March

[Report by Minnie Chan: "Tibetans Plan Honorary Role for the Dalai Lama"; headline as provided by source]

The Tibetan parliament-in-exile asked the Dalai Lama yesterday to continue to play an honorary role in the community's affairs after his resignation from politics, a move designed to maintain the spiritual leader's influence.

The parliament ended its session yesterday without a formal decision on whether to accept the Dalai Lama's resignation, and instead proposed to amend the constitution.

Kelsang Gyaltsen, a member of the parliament, said the Dalai Lama's …

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