Attempts to create rifts within Buddhist chapters to be probed: PM

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Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday that the government would appoint a presidential commission to investigate whether anyone had tried to create schisms within the various Buddhist chapters.

He said so at a religious ceremony at Kadigamuwa Raja Maha Vihare.

"We will appoint a presidential commission to determine whether anyone tried to create divisions within the Malwatte Chapter," he said.

“A person could be stripped of his civic rights if he is found to have worked towards a division within the chapters of the Maha Sangha." he said.

He said he had suggested a clause in the proposed new constitution to prohibit the division within the Sangha chapters and to make such an act as an offence. (Yohan Perera)

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Conspiracy theorist Monday, 01 August 2016 11:34 AM

Behind every shadow he sees a goblin

waco Monday, 01 August 2016 01:50 PM

Mr.Prime Minister, first identify the burning problems of the nation and address them on priority basis.

malij Monday, 01 August 2016 05:41 PM

So this is how the king has ruled the country.

malij Monday, 01 August 2016 05:44 PM

Dividing the Sanga is one of the five most serious wrong doings, (parallel to killing of parents) in Buddhism.

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