Conducting death fasts, no solution to national problem - Sihala Urumaya

THE Sihala Urumaya said yesterday that a solution could not be found to the national problem by conducting death fasts at places of worship and on the highway and forcing business places to put up shutters as done by the JHU recently.

The Sihala Urumaya in a press release said now that the Government had decided to table the Tsunami Relief Council proposal in Parliament all parties represented in Parliament would get an opportunity to express their stand on the issue.

The Sihala Urumaya believes that the country's sovereignty could be safeguarded if the proposal could be adopted with amendments to its controversial clauses.

The release signed by party leader Sarath Manamendra points out that even Ven. Dr. Omalpe Sobhitha Thera who staged a death fast recently had told the electronic media that he had no objections to the Tsunami Relief Council proposal if its controversial clauses were amended.

The Sihala Urumaya which subscribed to the same view wished to thank Ven. Dr. Omalpe Sobhitha Thera for understanding the gravity of the national problem and making such a statement even belatedly.