Why the Defence Secretary is right!
Sunday, 15 Sep 2013
This writer is by no means an apologist of the militarization of the country; however, for once, he could not help but agree with some salient points that the powerful Defence Secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the chief protagonist of the militarization, had raised during his address at the Defence Seminar held last week. He referred to the 'possibility that extremist elements may try to promote Muslim extremism in Sri Lanka' and also noted that one reason for the 'insularity of the minority groups in this country' is the emergence of hard-line groups within the majority community.
