'Cultural values fast deteriorating'

Chaminda PERERA

Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake yesterday said Human Rights were enshrined and ensured by Asians whose lives were deeply interwined with religions long before they were legalised in the world.

Dissanayake was speaking at the prize distribution for winners who have participated at the islandwide Quiz contest organised by the People's Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) to coincide with the International Human Rights Day at district level.

"The moral values of people have deteriorated drastically as such the people have less concerns of the rights of other people. The religious centric society has drastically changed with the embrace of alien cultures, he said.