Sajith proposes National Reconciliation Council headed by President

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Colombo, February 14 (Daily Mirror) - Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa proposed the establishment of a National Reconciliation Council headed by the President.

Premadasa made this proposal during a meeting with senior prelate Venerable Muruththettuwe Ananda Thera at the Abayarama Temple in Narahempita. He proposed that the National Reconciliation Council be headed by the President, with senior Buddhist monks playing a leading role. He also said that other religious leaders should be included.

“It should also be possible to include political party leaders as well,” Premadasa said during the meeting.

“Reconciliation among religious and ethnic groups is important. The peaceful coexistence of all religious and ethnic groups is important. A government is bound by the Constitution to safeguard Buddhism and to allow those who believe in other faiths to engage in their religious activities in a peaceful manner,” he told the Venerable Thera.

“Inform the President to set up a National Reconciliation Council if he calls on you,” the Opposition Leader requested during the meeting.

Both the Opposition Leader and the Venerable Thera discussed the insulting of Buddhist monks by members of the government during the recent past.

“The Chief Incumbent of Mihintale Rajamaha Vihara was insulted by a Minister recently. This kind of statement is prohibited under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), and it is possible to take action against those who make defamatory statements under this convention,” Sajith Premadasa said.

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Ram P Saturday, 14 February 2026 09:00 AM

Whether it is Buddhist Monks or other religious leaders, all must bear in mind that if they do wrong or make questionable statements on issues relevant to all, they must be ready to stomach the public criticisms and comments. It will be good for all clergy to mind their religious work than making political statements in support of A, B or C

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Ram P Saturday, 14 February 2026 09:03 AM

National Reconciliation Council (NRC) This is a good suggestion. It must be limited to political parties only, as they are the ones that must reconcile first before reconciling other groups

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Ranjit Wickremasinghe, Tokyo Saturday, 14 February 2026 09:11 AM

This guy is nothing but a shit-stirer.

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Wasana Saturday, 14 February 2026 01:45 PM

No need reconciliation council. You politicians stop using communalism as a political weapon.

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Swilli Saturday, 14 February 2026 02:15 PM

Is Sajith saying to condone the thuggery and use of profanity in public by some monks? Just b'cos one wears a yellow robe it doesn't make one a monk. Sajith the days when Buddhist monks swayed power over the law of the land is over......swept aside with the rest of the rubbish like you.

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Premadasa Saturday, 14 February 2026 03:56 PM

This guy is worried that something towards national reconciliation might happen, and he wants to derail it

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