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Dalai Lama to resign political role

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DHARAMSHALA, March 10: The Dalai Lama announced Thursday his plan to retire as political head of the exiled Tibetan movement, saying the time had come for his replacement by a "freely elected" leader.



The Dalai Lama, whose more significant role is that of the movement´s spiritual leader, said he would seek an amendment allowing him to resign his political responsibilities at the next session of the exiled Tibetan parliament in March.[break]



"My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility," he said in an address in Dharamshala, the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile in northern India.



"It is to benefit Tibetans in the long run. It is not because I feel disheartened," he added.



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