Rajapakse proposes amendments to make venomous ‘Medhanandas’ more spiritual and less worldly

(Lanka-e-News-02.June.2012, 5.30AM) President’s Counsel and MP Wijedasa Rajapakse yesterday tabled a private member’s motion to the Secretary to Parliament Dammika Kitulgoda proposing an amendment to the constitution prohibiting all religious priests including Buddhist monks from holding MP posts.

Rajapakse under this private member’s bill based on the 19th amendment to the constitution points out that the provision 89 in the constitution that permits any religious priest to be appointed as an MP shall be abrogated .

Wijedasa's proposal indicates that this amendment must be taken up either at the end of the Parliament sessions or after it is dissolved. It is the view of Rajapakse that by the priests holding MP positions the respect shown to the priests as religious dignitaries is being undermined.

What prompted Rajapakse to so suddenly propose this amendment stems from the disgraceful utterances made by the racial extremist Priest Ellawala Medhananda , the so called archeological expert that after the monks entered Parliament they had to face the most degrading behavior of opposition politicos including the manhandling of the private parts of the Bhikkhus.

Among the shameless utterances and sordid activities of the monks which had damaged the Buddhist tenets are Medhananda’s boorish and outrageous announcement that liquor consumption in temple Trees is no issue; consenting to the gambling bill when it was proposed at that time; and approving the illicit treasure digging by the STF.
This proposal of Wijedasa Rajapakse is most salutary, and every community shall hold discussions and take decisions with a view to extending its support to this , as holding an MP post by a religious priest is absolutely running counter to the tenets and precepts of every religion.