China intends to supervise, even remote the designation of the next Dalai Lama. A movement that Tibetan authorities in exile try to counter. In March 2011, Tenzin Gyatso, who widely started the democratization of the Tibetan government in exile asked Parliament in exile a constitutional amendment allowing him to retire. For him, the Institution of the Dalai Lamas is exceeded and must give way to democracy. However, he does not exclude his own reincarnation by declaring:
One day, you will learn that the Dalai Lama has died, but I will come back, even if the institution of the Dalai Lama is no longer recognized. I will be back.
Tenzin Gyatso, July 17, 2019.
Several years ago, the Dalai Lama said that if the Tibetan question was not settled at his death, he could reincarnate outside China, perhaps in India. One could end up with two Dalai Lama, one recognized by Beijing, the other by the Tibetan community in exile. A situation that could have consequences for Tibet but also echoes on the international scene.
