GOVERNMENT’S TIGHTROPE WALK BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL PLEDGES AND ELECTORAL PRESSURES--JEHAN PERERA

06 October 2014

While in the United States to attend the UN General Assembly, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa 

assured the international community that he would look after the Muslim people in the country when he met the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The meeting took place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Discussing religiously-motivated incidents that have occurred in the recent past, which he described as “isolated incidents” President Rajapaksa assured the international Muslim leader that the government will take immediate action to deal with any incidents against the Muslim community. "I will look after the Muslim community like my own brothers," President Rajapaksa said. He also encouraged Mr. Madani and other OIC member countries to visit Sri Lanka to see for themselves the ground realities in the country and how many diverse communities coexist peacefully.
Government’s Tightrope Walk Between International Pledges and Electoral Pressures--jehan Perera by Thavam