DHARAMSHALA: A French Parliamentarian has expressed his concern over the lack of reaction from the world governments to the tragic self-immolations in Tibet and urged the general public to apply pressure on the Chinese government to solve the problem of Tibet.
Mr Lionnel LUCA, the President of Tibet Group in French National Assembly, during the Tibetan National Uprising Day in Paris on 10 March 2012
Mr Lionnel Luca, the President of Tibet Group in French National Assembly, in a statement on 29 October said: “62 Tibetans have set themselves on fire since 2009, including 7 self-immolations in last week alone. Total indifference is triggering a succession of self-immolations of Tibetans to protest against the repression of the Chinese government against freedom of religion and culture of the Tibetan people, guaranteed by the constitution.”
“No government seems willing to react; thus, it is up to the people to do so by boycotting all Chinese goods, which will be the only means to exert pressure on a government that tramples International law,” Mr Luca said.
Mr Luca, a vocal supporter of Tibet and the Tibetan people, last year told foreign minister Mr Alan Juppe that France cannot remain indifferent to the situation in Tibet during the height of China’s crackdown on Kirti Monastery, where most of the self-immolations took place. He also sent a letter to Chinese Ambassador Kong Quan asking him about the condition of over 300 monks detained from the Kirti monastery during a raid.
“No government seems willing to react; thus, it is up to the people to do so by boycotting all Chinese goods, which will be the only means to exert pressure on a government that tramples International law,” Mr Luca said.
Mr Luca, a vocal supporter of Tibet and the Tibetan people, last year told foreign minister Mr Alan Juppe that France cannot remain indifferent to the situation in Tibet during the height of China’s crackdown on Kirti Monastery, where most of the self-immolations took place. He also sent a letter to Chinese Ambassador Kong Quan asking him about the condition of over 300 monks detained from the Kirti monastery during a raid.
In 2005, Mr Luca visited Dharamsala by leading a 13-member French parliamentary delegation comprising of France’s three major political parties as part of their observing that year as the Year of Tibet in France. He said that the members of his delegation were very impressed by the systematic functioning of the exile Tibetan administration with all the requirements and characteristics of a democracy. He assured the Tibetan people that China would have to succumb to the non-violent efforts for negotiation by the exile administration.
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