McleodGanj, 26th April: President Macron’s re-election has been congratulated by the Tibetan spritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, according to His Holiness’s official website dalailama.com. In a letter to President Macron, His Holiness the Dalai Lama congratulated President Macron on his historic re-election as President of France for a second five-year term on Monday.
“It has been the Tibetan people’s good fortune to have received the friendship and encouragement of the people of France and their respective leaders in our endeavour to protect and preserve our ancient Buddhist culture, a culture of peace, non-violence (ahimsa) and compassion (karuna) that has the potential to benefit the whole of humanity,” His Holiness wrote.
“On behalf of all my fellow Tibetans, may I take this opportunity to express my gratitude once again. I wish you every success in meeting the challenges that lie ahead in fulfilling the hopes and aspirations of the French people and in contributing to a more peaceful and harmonious world,” His Holiness added.
The Tibetan spritual leader ended the letter by saying “I wish you every success in meeting the challenges that lie ahead in fulfilling the hopes and aspirations of the French people and in contributing to a more peaceful and harmonious world.”
Macron received 18,779,641 votes (58.54%) in the run-off presidential election on Sunday, defeating his far-right opponent Marine Le Pen, who received 13,297,760 votes (41.46 per cent) This was the first time an incumbent president has been awarded dual terms by French voters since Jacques Chirac of the right-of-centre Republican party in 2002. French voters’ tastes have been highly changeable in recent years.
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