C. Wijeyawickrema

I received a copy of the above report as a PDF document (original Sinhala version). I think it is of national importance that you consider giving publicity to this report because so many local and foreign agents have tried (successfully?) to hide this report from the people in Sri Lanka.

When a Presidential Task Force was appointed for this purpose by the ex-president Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, even his justice minister Ali Sabri expressed doubts about it, not trying to understand its purpose and mandate! He and other anti-Sinhala Buddhist elements questioned the suitability of Ven. Galabodaatte Gnanasaara as the chairperson of this Task Force. In this regard I need to record that I suggested the need for such committee and the assignment of that task to Ven. G, months before the Task Force was appointed by the president GR.

Once it was appointed, all kinds of enemies expected that the Task Force would become a failed experiment, with Tamil and Muslim agents boycotting or protesting and sabotaging its public hearings. However, to their surprise both Tamil and Muslim people in North and East welcomed Ven. G, in some cases with celebrations and loyal appreciation of the monk’s genuine desire to serve the country. The Task Force held public meetings in all the districts in the island except a few.

There is no doubt that it is one of the best reports prepared by a presidential commission in our recent history and the President GR directed that it be published for the benefit of the general readership. President Ranil, agreed to implement at least some of its recommendations but due to pressure from people like Rauf Hakeem took and about turn to forget about it.”

With the country now in a 13-A mess” created deliberately by President Ranil, it is now crystal clear the country could come out of this Modi-Ranil crisis” only by giving effect to the many reasonable, justifiable, and rational, recommendations made by the Gnansaara Committee. Kurundi Vihara and Tissa Vihara  crises the country is witnessing today are symptoms of Ranil Administration’s unwise behavior in this regard.

As the oldest and the only website open for the viewpoints of the Sinhala Buddhist people all over the world, I hope you would consider favorably printing this letter with the PDF copy as an attachment. If it could be added as a feature of your left column, so that readers could see it daily, it could nullify attempts by local and foreign NGOs and racist elements to suppress it unfairly.