Weerawansa warns Mahanayakes about constitutional Trojan Horse of the NGOs

By Cyril Wimalasurendre-September 13, 2016

KANDY: National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa MP yesterday called on the Mahanayake Theras of Malwatte and Asgiriya and alerted them to a "highly dangerous Constitution" drafted by a Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) which would be presented to Parliament by the end of the year.

The NFF leader urged the prelates that early steps be taken to advise the political and government leadership that they should not pass a new Constitution that would be harmful to the nation and the country.

Weerawansa accompanied by a team of his colleagues called on the Most Venerable Warakagoda Gnanaratana Mahanayake Thera of Asgiriya at Sri Dalada Maligawa and the Most Venerable Tibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Mahanayke Thera of Malwatte at Malwatte Maha Vihara.

The MP told the prelates that a new Constitution to replace the existing one was drafted on the directions of Geneva to satisfy separatist groups.

Weerawansa said that there was communalism present in the north and that all Sinhala students had not returned to the Jaffna University.

A large number of new bills would be presented to Parliament detrimental to the integrity of the country and harmful to the nation.

He later told the media that a million handbills would be distributed in the country on the dangers of the Constitution that would be tabled in Parliament by the government.

In addition his party would launch a propaganda campaign to educate the people about the dangers of the draft Constitution and other obnoxious laws in the offing, the NFF leader said.

Most Venerable Tibbatuwawa Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Mahanayake Thera of Malwatta Chapter told NFF leader Weerawansa that both President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had pledged that the new Constitution would not harm the nation, country and Buddhism.

The prelate further said that he could not comment on the matter as the new Constitution had still not been tabled in the House.

The prelate of Asgiriya Most Venerable Warakagoda Gnanaratana Thera said he would discuss the matters presented by the NFF leader with Karaka Sangha Sabha and make a statement.

NFF Parliamentarian Weerakumara Dissanayake and its members of the Central Provincial Council Nimal Piyatissa and Nimal Premawansa were present.