That the Parliament congratulates Penpa Tsering on being sworn in as the Sikyong of the 17th Kashag (Governing Council) of the Central Tibetan Administration, in the presence of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama; understands that Tsering secured a second five-year term from elections held in February 2026, in which Tibetans in exile were eligible to vote, securing 61% of the vote in the first round; notes that he was first elected to the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile in 1996 and served as speaker from 2008, until his first election as Sikyong in 2021; offers Sikyong Penpa Tsering and the Kashag its best wishes in serving and representing the Tibetan people, and reiterates its calls for Tibetans inside Tibet to be given a free, democratic choice over the future of their nation, free from external interference.