I’m a bit unclear on what the story is right now with the kalön tripa (i.e. Tibetan exile prime minister) election process? The primary election was October 3, but I haven’t heard anything about election results. Is the field of candidates narrowed somewhat? People seem to still be discussing several options, which means they are apparently still in the race. Can anyone fill me in?
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Oct
10
Hey Otto, here are a few links here that have the results from the prelim
http://tibet.net/en/index.php?id=ann&annid=34&tab=7
http://drichu17.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=28545&article=Dr+Lobsang+Sangay+holds+strong+lead+in+preliminary+polls
There are now 3 final candidates for Kalon Tripa:
Dr. Lobsang Sangay
Tenzin Namgyal Tethong,
and Tashi Wangdi
If you are a Tibetan Green Book holder living anywhere in the world, you can (if you have not already), register for the final round of voting (to be held on 20 March 2011) until 17 January, 2011.