A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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Thiranjala Weerasinghe sj.- One Island Two Nations
?????????????????????????????????????????????????Wednesday, June 21, 2017
‘Those who cause religious tension will be prosecuted’
Monday, June 19, 2017
“No individual or organisation causing religious tensions should be
allowed to escape prosecution. Sri Lanka cannot be pulled back to the
dark days of war when tens of thousands of lives were lost. The economic
stagnation and international isolation are things of the past,” a
statement issued by United National Party (UNP) Chairman Malik
Samarawickrama says. “The UNP notes with deep concern the recent
attempts by subversive elements to sabotage the reconciliation efforts
of the national unity government led by President Maithripala Sirisena
and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe,” the statement says
“Since its founding, the UNP has remained a secular political party
fostering unity while building a truly Sri Lankan identity, the
statement continues.
“The UNP welcomes the statement of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Prime
Minister and the President to use the full force of the law against
those causing religious tensions, racial hatred and undermining the
efforts at reconciliation since the new government came to power. “At
the January 2015 presidential election as well as the August 2015
general election, the UNP and its allies received a mandate for their
reconciliation efforts. The UNP will not waver in ensuring that ethnic
peace, religious harmony and rule of law are maintained, the statement
says.
“A corner stone of every religion is non-violence and the respect for
others. Those who spread hate and instigate violence are only
undermining the faiths they claim to protect.
“The UNP joins the President and the Prime Minister in urging the law
enforcement authorities to bring to justice those responsible for hate
crimes.
There is no place for religious intolerance and racial hatred in the
21st century Sri Lanka as it emerges a peaceful, stable and a strong
economy and a beacon of hope for democracy.
“Political forces relegated to the dustbin of history are attempting to
exploit extremism and extremists in the hope of returning to power.
The UNP, with its strong commitment to national unity and harmony, will
resist such bankrupt political opportunists and urge the authorities to
swiftly bring them to justice. They will not prevail.
“The UNP has faith in the vast majority of Sri Lankans to protect the
freedoms they enjoy under the new unity government of President Sirisena
and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe,” the statement stressed.