{"id":55305,"date":"2016-06-04T23:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T05:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=55305"},"modified":"2016-06-05T06:41:22","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T13:41:22","slug":"betrayal-of-the-sinhala-buddhists-1815-betrayal-being-re-enacted-by-new-constitutional-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2016\/06\/04\/betrayal-of-the-sinhala-buddhists-1815-betrayal-being-re-enacted-by-new-constitutional-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Betrayal of the Sinhala Buddhists : 1815 betrayal being re-enacted by new constitutional reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shenali D Waduge<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

In 1815 a selfish set of Chieftans handed over the Sinhale nation to the British. Within no time these chieftans became sidelined and the white-masters began rule over the servants using sepoys and lascoreens who were ready to betray their own for titles and perks. The whites left in 1948 but they kept their dna through Uncle Tom\u2019s and aunt Sally\u2019s. Today, what the Christian colonial invaders could not achieve in over 400 years of illegal occupation their faithful-sepoys are happy to deliver to them through a new constitution. Every line and recommendation apart from a handful echoes attempts to remove the history and heritage of the Sinhala Buddhists who built this nation. This fa\u00e7ade of reconciliation bogey cannot wipe out a history over 2600 years. The minority card is being used to take every bit of Sinhala Buddhist ownership and hand it over to the minorities with whom any agenda devoid of national interest is game. It was the Sinhala Buddhists and only a handful of Malays, some Sinhala Christians, a set of Tamils fearing rebuttal by their own who came forward to defend the nation against terrorism and division. Their due place can\u2019t be wiped out by constitutional proposals.<\/p>\n

The Committee claims its aim are two fold \u2013 to bring out accurately and fairly the representations of the people and justifications for those submissions as well as to give recommendations based on analysis of what has\u00a0 been received and on the committees \u2018own political, professional and disciplinary expertise\u2019.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/PRC-Report-English-Final.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Of the 20 member committee<\/p>\n