[FONT=Arial,sans-serif]Sivanesathurai Chandrakanth alias Pilleyan, the Chief Minister of the Eastern Provincial Council, is taking measures to change the official flag of the Eastern Province say reports. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial,sans-serif] A committee has been already appointed to change the flag in spite of the opposition from the people in the area who object to the decision to change the traditional flag. They say the decision to change the flag is only a step to create an Ealam state. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] The Eastern flag had three stars to represent Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Digamadulla, the three districts of the province and three colours to represent the Sinhalese, Tamil and Muslim communities that live in the province. However, according to the committee that has been appointed the colours of the flag should be changed to represent the ratio of the communities that live in the province. It has also been proposed to remove several characteristics that represent Sri Lankan identity. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] The proposal to change the provincial flag has been presented to the PC by its President M.M. Jais on a request from Pilleyan. One M.L.A. Cader has been appointed as the President of the committee to change the flag and one Thalai Selvanayagam and the Cultural Secretary of the Eastern Province have been appointed as the other members of the committee. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,sans-serif] Many people have queried the reason behind the haste to change the flag when not a single development project has been started though several months have passed since the appointment of the Provincial Council.
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