{"id":103750,"date":"2020-06-20T15:41:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T22:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=103750"},"modified":"2020-06-20T15:41:16","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T22:41:16","slug":"ven-galagodaatte-gnanasara-thera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/06\/20\/ven-galagodaatte-gnanasara-thera\/","title":{"rendered":"Ven. Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Viraj Kithsiri\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>BBS&nbsp;General&nbsp;Secretary&nbsp;Ven.&nbsp;Galagodaatte&nbsp;Gnanasara&nbsp;Thera&nbsp;told&nbsp;the&nbsp;PCoI&nbsp;probing&nbsp;Easter&nbsp;Sunday&nbsp;carnage&nbsp;yesterday&nbsp;many&nbsp;detailed&nbsp;accounts&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;activities&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;extremist&nbsp;groups&nbsp;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;yeoman&nbsp;service&nbsp;this&nbsp;Thera&nbsp;has&nbsp;done&nbsp;to&nbsp;bring&nbsp;this&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;notice&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;authorities&nbsp;over&nbsp;the&nbsp;years&nbsp;is&nbsp;well&nbsp;known.&nbsp;He&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;lambasted&nbsp;many&nbsp;a&nbsp;time&nbsp;very&nbsp;unfairly&nbsp;by&nbsp;many&nbsp;but&nbsp;no&nbsp;surprise&nbsp;if&nbsp;you&nbsp;find&nbsp;the&nbsp;supporters&nbsp;of&nbsp;such&nbsp;extremists&nbsp;behind&nbsp;this&nbsp;public&nbsp;criticism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;politicians&nbsp;in&nbsp;power&nbsp;always&nbsp;showed&nbsp;a&nbsp;blind&nbsp;eye&nbsp;to&nbsp;his&nbsp;complaints&nbsp;and&nbsp;rather&nbsp;were&nbsp;happy&nbsp;to&nbsp;project&nbsp;him&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;militant&nbsp;Bhikku&nbsp;to&nbsp;stay&nbsp;in&nbsp;power&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;support&nbsp;of&nbsp;such&nbsp;extreme&nbsp;groups&nbsp;in&nbsp;their&nbsp;alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However&nbsp;the&nbsp;country&nbsp;has&nbsp;come&nbsp;to&nbsp;appreciate,no&nbsp;doubt&nbsp;&nbsp;the&nbsp;importance&nbsp;of&nbsp;these&nbsp;disclosures&nbsp;which&nbsp;if&nbsp;not&nbsp;of&nbsp;his&nbsp;brave&nbsp;stance&nbsp;would&nbsp;never&nbsp;have&nbsp;come&nbsp;to&nbsp;light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&nbsp;is&nbsp;also&nbsp;disappointing&nbsp;to&nbsp;see&nbsp;the&nbsp;print&nbsp;media&nbsp;continue&nbsp;to&nbsp;print&nbsp;his&nbsp;photo&nbsp;always&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;militant&nbsp;stance&nbsp;which&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;disservice&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;people&nbsp;who&nbsp;await&nbsp;eagerly&nbsp;to&nbsp;bring&nbsp;punishment&nbsp;to&nbsp;these&nbsp;wrong&nbsp;doers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viraj Kithsiri\u00a0 BBS&nbsp;General&nbsp;Secretary&nbsp;Ven.&nbsp;Galagodaatte&nbsp;Gnanasara&nbsp;Thera&nbsp;told&nbsp;the&nbsp;PCoI&nbsp;probing&nbsp;Easter&nbsp;Sunday&nbsp;carnage&nbsp;yesterday&nbsp;many&nbsp;detailed&nbsp;accounts&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;activities&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;extremist&nbsp;groups&nbsp;. The&nbsp;yeoman&nbsp;service&nbsp;this&nbsp;Thera&nbsp;has&nbsp;done&nbsp;to&nbsp;bring&nbsp;this&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;notice&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;authorities&nbsp;over&nbsp;the&nbsp;years&nbsp;is&nbsp;well&nbsp;known.&nbsp;He&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;lambasted&nbsp;many&nbsp;a&nbsp;time&nbsp;very&nbsp;unfairly&nbsp;by&nbsp;many&nbsp;but&nbsp;no&nbsp;surprise&nbsp;if&nbsp;you&nbsp;find&nbsp;the&nbsp;supporters&nbsp;of&nbsp;such&nbsp;extremists&nbsp;behind&nbsp;this&nbsp;public&nbsp;criticism. The&nbsp;politicians&nbsp;in&nbsp;power&nbsp;always&nbsp;showed&nbsp;a&nbsp;blind&nbsp;eye&nbsp;to&nbsp;his&nbsp;complaints&nbsp;and&nbsp;rather&nbsp;were&nbsp;happy&nbsp;to&nbsp;project&nbsp;him&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;militant&nbsp;Bhikku&nbsp;to&nbsp;stay&nbsp;in&nbsp;power&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;support&nbsp;of&nbsp;such&nbsp;extreme&nbsp;groups&nbsp;in&nbsp;their&nbsp;alliance. However&nbsp;the&nbsp;country&nbsp;has&nbsp;come&nbsp;to&nbsp;appreciate,no&nbsp;doubt&nbsp;&nbsp;the&nbsp;importance&nbsp;of&nbsp;these&nbsp;disclosures&nbsp;which&nbsp;if&nbsp;not&nbsp;of&nbsp;his&nbsp;brave&nbsp;stance&nbsp;would&nbsp;never&nbsp;have&nbsp;come&nbsp;to&nbsp;light. It&nbsp;is&nbsp;also&nbsp;disappointing&nbsp;to&nbsp;see&nbsp;the&nbsp;print&nbsp;media&nbsp;continue&nbsp;to&nbsp;print&nbsp;his&nbsp;photo&nbsp;always&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;militant&nbsp;stance&nbsp;which&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;disservice&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;people&nbsp;who&nbsp;await&nbsp;eagerly&nbsp;to&nbsp;bring&nbsp;punishment&nbsp;to&nbsp;these&nbsp;wrong&nbsp;doers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}