{"id":12626,"date":"2021-06-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/ict-blog-europe-must-support-tibetan-democratic-institutions-in-exile\/"},"modified":"2021-06-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T22:00:00","slug":"ict-blog-europe-must-support-tibetan-democratic-institutions-in-exile","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/ict-blog-europe-must-support-tibetan-democratic-institutions-in-exile\/","title":{"rendered":"[ICT BLOG] Europe must support Tibetan democratic institutions in exile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Penpa-Tsering-swears-in-890x467.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10924\"\/><figcaption><em>Penpa Tsering swears in as the new \u201csikyong,\u201d the leader of the Central Tibetan Administration, on 27 May 2021.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 27 May, Penpa Tsering took over as the new \u201csikyong,\u201d the leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile, after two rounds of an election fought worldwide. Penpa succeeds Lobsang Sangay, who was not allowed to run for a third term as per the rules of the Charter of the Tibetans in Exile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tibetan democracy in exile needs support because it faces numerous challenges in extremely difficult conditions. On the one hand, elections have to be organized in the over 30 countries where Tibetans live in exile, on a voluntary basis and without large financial resources. The Central Tibetan Administration\u2014the official name of the government-in-exile\u2014cannot levy taxes and is dependent on development cooperation or voluntary donations from Tibetans in exile. On the other hand, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tries to undermine the authority and work of the Tibetan government-in-exile wherever it can. Representatives of the Tibetans in exile, although they emerged from free and democratic elections, are still shunned by European governments for fear of the CCP\u2019s reaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2018, in response to Chinese President Xi Jinping\u2019s \u201cBelt and Road\u201d initiative, the European Union launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/eeas.europa.eu\/sites\/default\/files\/joint_communication_-_connecting_europe_and_asia_-_building_blocks_for_an_eu_strategy_2018-09-19.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EU-Asia Connectivity Strategy<\/a>. The concept essentially provides for the establishment of transport links, energy and digital networks, so-called connectivity partnerships and the promotion of sustainable financing. It does not speak of democracy and the rule of law, despite autocracy and enemies of democracy being on the rise in Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tibetans, among others, would be ideal partners in a necessary value-based connectivity strategy. The European Union and its different institutions, as well as its 27 Member States, should therefore reach out to the Tibetans in exile and actively support the democratically elected representatives of the Central Tibetan Administration. This also includes receiving and listening to these representatives, including Penpa Tsering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This blog post was written by ICT&#8217;s EU Policy Director Vincent Metten. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tibetan democracy in exile needs support because it faces numerous challenges in extremely difficult conditions, and the European Union should support it, writes ICT&#8217;s EU Policy Director Vincent Metten in this blog post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12624,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categorie":[682],"news_tag":[665],"class_list":["post-12626","nieuws","type-nieuws","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-uncategorized","news_tag-europe-and-tibet"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>[ICT BLOG] Europe must support Tibetan democratic institutions in exile - 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