“THERE ARE MINORITIES
AND THERE IS A MAJORITY”-
Q: You said that we need to give space for democracy. But if you run for President what will your stance be with the minorities. How will you win their support?
Forget about running for Presidency. My personal approach is that minorities in this country have lived for many years with a Sinhala majority and you can see are a lot of similarities between them. I have a lot of regard for the Tamil culture especially and the Muslim culture, although I am a Sinhala Buddhist. The cultures have a lot of similarities so I think that they can live together as one nation. Some people try to say that there are no minorities. The reality is that there are minorities and there is a majority but we must all live in one country as brothers. This is a small country and I have said that the majority must treat the minorities like their own people.
GENERAL FONSEKA
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