Malwatte Prelate hits out at hypocrisy of political leaders
By J.A.L. Jayasinghe
The Mahanayaka of the Malawatte Chapter the most Venerable Tibbotuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Thera said yesterday it was a grave crime to imprison a war hero who had done an immense service to Sri Lanka in its fight to eradicate terrorism.
“Even if such a person does something wrong he should be pardoned,” the Mahanayake Thera said.
The Prelate expressed his views when missing Lanka e news journalist Pradeep Ekneligoda’s wife and two children met him in Kandy yesterday.
“The peoples’ right to know the truth has to be safeguarded. For the people to know the real situation of the country, the truth should be written.
Everyone has the right to know the truth. The truth should not be hidden. Depriving that right is not democracy,”
mahanayake decries Fonseka’s Arrest
the Prelate said. “Various political party leaders come to us dressed in white attire and seek our advice. They just listen to what we say and do something different. I have an entire file of letters sent by innocent people who have been victimized for voting for the other side.
Some people in Anuradhapura and Matara are afraid to stay in their homes at night and are hiding in the forest fearing for their lives. What is the need of a leader who harasses poor people? When casting their vote the voters should know not to send this sort of people to such positions. If this situation continues we will not be able to see development in the country. People who were around Mr. Fonseka have been imprisoned. Their families have become destitute. Is this democracy,” the Mahanayake asked
“No one listens to what we say. I also cannot do anything. The leaders don’t listen to what I say. I feel like stopping politicians from coming to this temple to meet me. Is it democracy to abduct journalists who reveal the truth? Even a media organization was sealed recently,” he said.
At the meeting and on behalf of the National Intellectual Collective Professor Oliver Abeynayake handed over a document to the chief prelate regarding the abduction of journalist Ekneligoda who is still missing.
DM
anduweta kade yan ne nathiwa katha karanawa
TRUTH
By J.A.L. Jayasinghe
The Mahanayaka of the Malawatte Chapter the most Venerable Tibbotuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Thera said yesterday it was a grave crime to imprison a war hero who had done an immense service to Sri Lanka in its fight to eradicate terrorism.
“Even if such a person does something wrong he should be pardoned,” the Mahanayake Thera said.
The Prelate expressed his views when missing Lanka e news journalist Pradeep Ekneligoda’s wife and two children met him in Kandy yesterday.
“The peoples’ right to know the truth has to be safeguarded. For the people to know the real situation of the country, the truth should be written.
Everyone has the right to know the truth. The truth should not be hidden. Depriving that right is not democracy,”
mahanayake decries Fonseka’s Arrest
the Prelate said. “Various political party leaders come to us dressed in white attire and seek our advice. They just listen to what we say and do something different. I have an entire file of letters sent by innocent people who have been victimized for voting for the other side.
Some people in Anuradhapura and Matara are afraid to stay in their homes at night and are hiding in the forest fearing for their lives. What is the need of a leader who harasses poor people? When casting their vote the voters should know not to send this sort of people to such positions. If this situation continues we will not be able to see development in the country. People who were around Mr. Fonseka have been imprisoned. Their families have become destitute. Is this democracy,” the Mahanayake asked
“No one listens to what we say. I also cannot do anything. The leaders don’t listen to what I say. I feel like stopping politicians from coming to this temple to meet me. Is it democracy to abduct journalists who reveal the truth? Even a media organization was sealed recently,” he said.
At the meeting and on behalf of the National Intellectual Collective Professor Oliver Abeynayake handed over a document to the chief prelate regarding the abduction of journalist Ekneligoda who is still missing.
DM
anduweta kade yan ne nathiwa katha karanawa
TRUTH
