Published by: World Tibet Network News, Sunday, May 26 1996

LHASA (May 24) XINHUA - The Tibetan people firmly oppose the attempt of the Dalai Lama and his followers at "Tibetan independence" and their disrupting stability in Tibet, according to Living Buddha Drobkang Tubdain Kedrob.

During a session of the the Tibet Autonomous Regional Conference of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Living Buddha vowed to put up a struggle against the Dalai Lama and his followers.

"Now Tibet enjoys political stability and economic growth. Tibetans live and work in peace and contentment," he said, and "the Tibetan people now enjoy a greater life and development than at any other time."

He denounced the Dalai Lama as the "root cause" of chaos in Tibet. "The Tibetan people have been a member of the Chinese nation for more than 700 years," he noted.

The 41-year-old living Buddha from Xiaodeng Lamasary in Nagqu Prefecture in northern Tibet said the Dalai Lama disregards historical facts and is attempting to split Tibet off from China.

"I think the unification of the Chinese nation is the common aspiration of the Chinese people, including the Tibetans, and that it is the best choice of the Tibetan people," he noted. "History shows that only in the big family of the motherland can the Tibetan people live a happy life," he said. Enditem