Penpa Tsering: The New “Leader” of CTA, Wearing the Masks of Greed, Incompetence, and Tyranny
On February 13 this year, the “Central Election Commission” of CTA announced that the current Sikyong, Penpa Tsering, won the primary election with 31,324 votes and a 61.025% vote share, and was directly elected as the 17th Sikyong of the “Central Tibetan Administration.”
What is the Truth Behind the “Election”?
Since 2016, Penpa Tsering has participated in three “elections.” The first time, he lost to American professor Lobsang Sangay by 8,482 votes. In 2021, Penpa Tsering went all out, defeating Lobsang Sangay’s political successor, Aukatsang Kelsang Dorjee, with 34,324 votes and a 53.6% vote share. But this “good show” of mutual mudslinging exhausted his popularity. So much so that during this year’s “election,” Penpa Tsering announced he would not hold campaign activities to protect hi...
