By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 27 May: Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the re-elected political head of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), also known as the Tibetan government-in-exile, was officially sworn in today as the Sikyong of the 17th Kashag (Cabinet), marking the beginning of his second five-year term in office.

At the oath-taking ceremony held today at the Tsuklakhang Temple in McLeod Ganj, Sikyong Penpa Tsering took the oath of office before CTA Chief Justice Commissioner Yeshi Wangmo, in the presence of the Tibetan spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet.

The ceremony, regarded as one of the most significant political events in the Tibetan exile democratic polity, was attended by parliamentarians and representatives from several sovereign countries, including host nation India, longtime Tibet supporter El Salvador, Chile, the United Kingdom, and Scotland.

In his inaugural address, Sikyong Tsering reiterated that...