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| Sinhala Buddhists ignored by UNP, says Maha Nayake Thera by Pradeepkumara Dharmaratne and Thilak Ekanayake The UNP when nominating Members of Parliament from the National List, ignored the Sinhala Buddhist majority in preference to the minority communities whom they take pains to please, said the Most Venerable Rambukwella Sri Vipassi Maha Nayaka Thera, Chief Prelate of the Malwatta Chapter. Addressing a media discussion yesterday, the Maha Nayaka Thera said this attitude brings about disrepute to the Party Leadership. "This is one of the causes for our country to go backwards. Every successive Government since gaining National Independence "played for the pleasure of the minorities at the expense of the majority, thus jeopardising the rights of the majority Sinhala community", he said. "It paved the way for national bankruptcy. The elimination of Sinhala Buddhist patriots of eminence from the political arena operates against the Sinhala Buddhists as a serious push into the abyss," the Venerable Mahanayaka Thera said. |
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