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| Sunday, 26 June 2005 |
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MoU not a betrayal - Asgiriya Maha Vihara Chief Secretary by L. B. Wijayasiri in Kandy The Chief Secretary to Asgiriya Maha Vihara Chapter of Siyam Maha Nikaya Ven. Professor Warakawe Dhammaloka Nayaka Thera was of the view that President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga being a Sinhala Buddhist would never take steps to betray the nation by paving the way for the division of the country. Ven. Professor Dhammaloka Thera commenting on the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure, told the Sunday Observer that the document in question would not create a situation in which the country would be divided by giving legal recognition to the LTTE as some were claiming. President Kumaratunga had made Most Ven. Mahanayake Theras aware of the particular document. She would never betray the nation. The MoU signed with the LTTE was a document relating to the making of arrangements to utilise funds allocated for the reconstruction of tsunami-affected areas in the North and East. The arrangement was only limited to one or two years. There was no reason whatsoever to panic over this issue. It was purely an administrative matter. It did not give any recognition to the LTTE as some sections claimed. On the contrary, the LTTE has recognised the legitimacy of the legally and democratically elected Government added Ven. Prof. Dhammaloka Thera. |
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