Gelug International Foundation bars monks from contesting presidential, parliamentary elections

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Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 26: Gelug International Foundation, the highest organisational body of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, one of the five recognised religious sects, has unanimously passed a resolution to bar monks belonging to its affiliated monasteries and monastic colleges from contesting elections for the President of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, requiring those seeking political office to relinquish their monastic affiliation.

The resolution was adopted at the annual general meeting of the Gelug International Foundation on August 20 and 21 and signed by the 104th Gaden Tripa His Holiness Garden Trip Rinpoche Lobsang Dorjee,...

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