Dalai Lama to Give Up Role as Political Leader

Mar 10 Upper Dharamsala, India - FILE PHOTO - Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, The DALAI LAMA, (aka TENZIN GYATSO) announced Thursday his plan to retire as political head of the exiled movement, saying Tibetans need a leader, elected freely by the Tibetan people, to whom I can devolve power and I'm also a human being. Retirement is also my right. Sooner or later, I have to go. I'm over 75. He said he will formally propose amendments to the Charter for Tibetans in Exile to make the change at the upcoming session of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile that begins Monday. If the changes are made, leadership of the group would be passed to an elected leader. PICTURED May 23, 1951 - Tibet, China - TENZIN GYATSO, the Tibetan spiritual leader is the 14th DALAI LAMA. PICTURED: The Dalai Lama on his throne in Tibet

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