Minister of Justice and Buddha Sasana, Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has assured that the new Constitution will safeguard all religious leaders and will not leave room for anyone to criticize them even inside Parliament.
Wijeyadasa
Speaking at an event held in Kottawa yesaterday, Rajapakshe pointed out that there had been instances when religious leaders including Buddhist monks have been criticized within Parliament, however as an opportunity was not given to them to respond to such criticism, it created a very unfair situation.
He also extended his apologies to Ven. Bellanwila Wimalarathne, after a member of parliament recently criticized him in parliament.
“I apologise for that statement made against Ven. Wimalarathne by a certain parliamentarian, who used his parliamentary privileges to criticize the monk, and as the monk was not given an opportunity to respond to such criticism, it created a very unfair situation. But under the new constitution, no religious leader in our country will be allowed to be criticised,” Rajapakshe declared.
paul / March 29, 2016
Ridiculous fools. Nobody should be above criticism. The very reason that thugs in robes get away with so much is because people are reluctant to criticise them. Register all the sangha and weed out the corrupt monks. They do more damage to Buddhism than all the evangelists put together.
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Samuel Jayaweera / March 29, 2016
nOT ONLY monks the other religious leaders or the like should not be given any chance to behave the way they had been during the day of Thakkadiya Rajapakshe governed the country.
There even street mongers had been given power to attack former CJ on their contract.. rememeber the way former CJ Dr SB left her place .. with all the attacks being made by Rajapkshe goons.
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nimal fernando / March 29, 2016
Why do I get such bad vibes about this “constitution business?”
A “constitution” – especially Sri Lankan style – is not a panacea for all our ills or even any of our ills. If people don’t change, it’s just hogwash.
In the 70s Nigeria adopted the American constitution word for word; the whole shindig. They thought all they had to do was adopt the American constitution and they will be another America!
I dunno if this clown Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe should be in the parliament or join the circus.
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rew / March 30, 2016
This man does not know where to stop!
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Native Vedda / March 30, 2016
rew
“This man does not know where to stop!”
This mann doesn’t know when to shut up.
His integrity was questioned by CT some months ago.
Crooks hide behind patriotism.
Now this man hides behind saffron clad men.
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Samuel Jayaweera / March 29, 2016
I wonder what this man as a MINSITER OF JUSTICE has been doing today ?
We dont hear anything about being done with justice to many as also had been the case with people under Hakeem…
I wonder why the man took the side of Rajakshe in the past ?
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Thamara / March 29, 2016
Wijedasa is not a honest fellow. It is very dangerous to have both religion and justice in his hands. The rogues behind yellow robes should be behind bars and not venerated by people.This man is preventing the justice being carried out. I will not be surprised that all the Jarapaksas will get away with all their crimes. PM it is time to wake up
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Samuel Jayaweera / March 29, 2016
He is disgrace to Ranil Et al. Now with SF in the boat, Ranil keeps silent. I have never seen Wijedasa sitting in palrimaent. If he opens his mouths.. he makes round a bout..beating aroudn the bush not telling it blunt the way other brave ministers would do. I love JvpERS and the way SF have performed sofar. No matter others have lot to refrain, SF and JVPers seem to act so blunt. That can open eyes of the rest that stay not being able to call a spade a spade.
I loved it the way SF added what is wrong with Foreign judges being taken part if local courts cant be bleieved… and the white flag issue… and his last week of absence inthe last phase of war.. and the wrong date announcement of idiots not knowing that the war was ended or not… and licking the tar of rollefeld to show HIS INTOXICATION to the country… war still going on… anyways all in all these lies and liars were disclosed by SF on that day.:
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Samuel Jayaweera / March 29, 2016
He is one another pigunththarya to destroy current system not having uncorrupted nature to go against all the idiots.
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Amarasiri / March 30, 2016
Samuel Jayaweera
“I wonder what this man as a MINSITER OF JUSTICE has been doing today ?”
He has been going after some boys, just like the Priests and Monks are doing.
The Priests and the Monks made a request, to make sure nobody criticizes their “benevolent” activities.
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Amarasiri / March 29, 2016
Minister of Justice and Buddha Sasana, Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
RE: “New Constitution Will Not Allow Religious Leaders To Be Criticised: Justice Minister’
“Minister of Justice and Buddha Sasana, Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has assured that the new Constitution will safeguard all religious leaders and will not leave room for anyone to criticize them even inside Parliament.”
You Idiot, minister. You are trying to make Religious Leaders Infallible, like the Pope. Let the religious leaders rebut the criticisms against them, just like the politicians do. Ban Religion, or have Separation of Religion and State.
Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine, where are you? You are needed in the Land of Native Veddah Aethho. Idiots are running the country now.
So Ganasara cannot be criticized. The Pope cannot be criticized, The Maha Nayakas cannot be criticized.
Can Religions and their Myths criticized?
So, the people cannot criticize even the Idiotic Religuos leaders, because they are except from criticism.
We have Idiots as President, Prime Ministers and MPs.
What can you expect in a country where the average IQ is 79? Idiots!
Question: Can the religious leaders criticize others?
What are the Qualifications to be a Religious Leader?
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Amarasiri / March 29, 2016
Minister of Justice and Buddha Sasana, Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe
“Minister of Justice and Buddha Sasana, Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has assured that the new Constitution will safeguard all religious leaders and will not leave room for anyone to criticize them even inside Parliament.”
“religious leaders including Buddhist monks have been criticized within Parliament, however as an opportunity was not given to them to respond to such criticism, it created a very unfair situation.”
So, give them an opportunity to rebut. You want to protect them?
Otherwise we will have a situation where the Buddhists monks and Priests will run amok, and keep raping boys and girls and women, and nobody will be able to criticize them, the pedophiles.
Id that what you want, Minister?
See Below. The monk at Habaraduwa.
Child Abuse by a Monk in Habaraduwa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNSC93mPs4I
Uploaded on May 29, 2010
She sent her grandson to school with the idea of providing him with proper education to make him a good person. The Buddhist monk in charge of the temple asked her to send the child to the temple and she sent him there because they were poor. There was no possibility for them to pay the money for tuition fees. That was the reason why they sent the boy to the temple school.When the child began to refuse going to the temple school so adamantly, grandmother had to look for the reason. It was then only that she discovered that the child who was sent to learn good behavior, ethics and Buddha’s Dharma from the monk had in fact been abused by the monk.
I Was Sexually Abused By The Catholic Church
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6DPc37L4q0
Published on Mar 5, 2016
“We decided to keep it quiet because it was better that way.”
Buddhism The Great Evil — Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNOfTGSADdY
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Analyst / March 29, 2016
This is the first “. Turn Around ” of Yahapalanaya Humbug .
First promise “The Freedom of Speech ” to be taken Away from us by this Clown Minister with unsavoury connection with the Past Regime Politically and name sake is trying to change the mandate of Yahapalanaya.
He’s certainly not working for the GG . We knew that from day one when Sirisena gave him a plum position in his cabinet.
He’s not certainly for the Yahapalanaya but for the criminal past Regime.
The FCID CIRCUS continues because of
this Minister and his INTERFERENCE.
HOW MANY MINISTRIES this dhoby is is in charge? as he continue to white wash crimes??
The Yellow Robes had been given the freedom of destroying our nation with their Clap Trap UnBuddhistic preachings and Teachings.???
Are they going to cover up the crimes committed by the unbuddhistic yellow robed muppets ??
The Bells are ringing in favour of the next round of Racism , Religious intolerance , Burning Mosques, Christian Churches and Desecrating Hindu Deities ,
All the above will be unleashed with the Blessings of YAHAPALANAYA I Guess.
Return of the Parayahh State?!
God forbid or for God’s sake I should say.
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Bandu Kuruwita / March 30, 2016
Weel said Emil!
If we can’t criticise them, we won’t be able to attack the Sinhala Buddhist culture from underneath. We can’t afford that, can we?
Keep serving as the Fifth Column, hym-mate.
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Nimal / March 30, 2016
I did not expect this Minister of Justice and Buddha Sasana, Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe to be such an idiot.
It is tragic to see Buddhism being dragged down to such a low level by non-other than the members of the Buddhist clergy behaving like thugs. These Buddhist monks (hora ganayas or cheevaradharis) are exploiting the respect that the Buddhist society has for the saffron robed Sangha and not only misleading the gullible but also betraying Buddhism and insulting the Buddha.
If everybody remain as silent observers and do not criticise all the anti-Buddhist acts committed by the Buddhist monks, all the rouge Monks (hora ganayas or cheevaradharis) who are hijacking Buddhism with their anti-Buddhist activities and disrupting the peace in the country will happily increase their anti-Buddhist activities in the name of protecting Buddhism.
The Minister of Buddha Sasana should educate the Buddhist society to identify the difference between genuine Buddhist monks and rouge Monks (hora ganayas or cheevaradharis) instead of talking utter nonsense.
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Wise Owl / March 29, 2016
If religious men don’t want to be criticised, they should stay out of politics, which is the layman’s business anyway.
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Sinhala_Man / March 29, 2016
Thank you, we certainly need greater understanding between the various ethnic, religious and social groups, and we certainly don’t need hatred spread against any group.
However, this law appears not to safeguard the rights of groups, but seems to grant immunity to certain individuals the moment they designate themselves as “clergy” – ipso facto they become “religious leaders”. Does this mean that the various doings of Gnanasara and BBS, which included some time ago the forced circumcision of Vijitha Thero, cannot be denounced? And what about the one time Anglican Bishop Shantha Francis drawing his dead mother-in-law’s pension?
In our desire to promote harmony and peace, must we blind ourselves to the fact that even genuine religious leaders are human; apart from that, religious institutions are often the FIRST refuge of scoundrels, and this proposed clause in, of all places, the constitution will safeguard INDIVIDUALS who have violated the laws of the land!
What we need is real secularism in Public Life and Spirituality and piety in the Private Affairs of all citizens. One must respect religious beliefs and traditions, but must we safeguard individuals – first self-seeking politicians, now every religious humbug?
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Amarasiri / March 29, 2016
Sinhala_Man
Can we start out own religion, and designate ourselves as the the Priests or Monks.
Let’s put no limit on the Monks and Priests in our new religion, and get exemptions from criticism.
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Dragos / March 30, 2016
he is not defending any faith but pedos and commission takers at the top.
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Sinhala_Man / March 30, 2016
Yes, Amarasiri.
Your friend EDWIN RODRIGO’s Gabanism is there.
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Amarasiri / March 31, 2016
Sinhala_Man
Amarasiri refused to be Prophet or Priest for Gabanism.
Zeus-ism is a better Religion. It is older than Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam.
Zeusism
Zeusism = the debasion of negativity, criticism, and replacing it with positivity and praise. In a world of yin and yang, we are removing yang from the equation. We are changing our universe by cleansing our individual lives of all negative forces. It’s bigger than me and you, this is true philosophy, love of wisdom.
Ever since I started practicing Zeusism, I don’t care what people think. That include MaRa Followers, Vellahala Followers, Wahhabi Followers and other followers. I don’t care when they call me a stoner, or a tool, or copy and paste, or comment on my many posts. I just look up and say, low IQ idiots, like the current Minister who wants to make “Religious Leaders” Infallible.
Who is going to save the boys, girls and women, and even young men?
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Adrian / March 29, 2016
This is not law making, but law scraping. The question here is not the leaders, but the religion. If religion could be criticized, why cannot the leaders be criticized? If so, people will not need such leaders. Why not order benz, bmw also through the constitution?
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Spring Koha / March 29, 2016
Thank you God.
Now that your agent on earth has arranged this licence for cuckoos in clerical garb to keep simple people silent, can you also arrange for the constitution to include a clause preventing irreverent bastards like me commenting on those politicians who see office as a licence to screw the people they are supposed to serve, and a chance to take the piss out of the of humble voter.
For these merciful acts, WE the People thank thee.
Amen.
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paul / March 29, 2016
Dear Irreverent Bastard, you are doing a fine job. Your place in heaven is guaranteed.
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Dragos / March 30, 2016
you seem to be hearing voices.
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Amarasiri / March 30, 2016
Minister RE: Spring Koha Comment
What happens when the Infallible Monks and Priests die?
Richard Dawkins: if I meet god when I die.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6iss-xq2-E
Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins on his experience with Darwinism and why creationists “don’t know anything.”
TRANSCRIPTION:
I think we should look at the history of religion, be fascinated by it, just if you look at the history of art and so on. But I don’t think that religion has anything useful to teach us.
One of the main reasons why people are religious is because they are persuaded by the apparent design of living things and that’s completely destroyed by Darwin. If you actually read any book by a biologist about evolution, it’s hard to see how you could fail to be persuaded of it, the evidence is just absolutely pact. There is no doubt about it. It’s not a controversial issue. History is completely certain. It’s as certain as the fact that the earth and the other planets, orbit the sun.
More than 40% of the American population, if opinion polls to be believed, think that the world is less than 10,000 years old and that’s a shocking figure. It shows deep profound ignorance. It sounds very laudable to teach the controversy, to teach both theories. But there aren’t two theories, there is only one theory around, there is only one game in town as far as theory of science is concerned. Of course you get negative reactions from creationists, but who cares about creationists, they don’t know anything.
I think it was my father who first introduced me to Darwin and Evolution. I was immensely moved by it and it did start a rollercoaster in a way and then I started to become really quite antireligious after that. I went through a sort of middle ground of what you might call Deism. I think I gave up Christianity before I finally gave up the idea of a sort of creative designer of some kind.
Darwin made it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist. Before that you could be an atheist, he was for example, but it was quite difficult because you had no good explanation for why living things look so well designed, Darwin provided that.
There are other reasons for being religious like moral reasons or people sometimes feel they have a personal relationship with God or with Jesus or with Mohammed or whatever it is and that kind of reason for being religious would not in itself be undermined by Darwinism, but it’s quite wrong to believe that science reduces humanity, that science somehow gives you a bleak, cold, empty, barren view of the universe and of life, quite the contrary, sounds as enriching and fulfilling.
What’s going to happen when I die, if I met god in the unlikely event after I died, I think the first thing I would say is well, which one are you? Are you Zeus? Are you Thor? Are you Baal? Are you Mithras? Are you Yahweh? Which god are you? And why did you take such great pains to conceal yourself and to hide away from us?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrcQAYS9JtY
Published on Jul 23, 2012
Christians often ask people like Dawkins, “What if God IS real, and you didn’t believe?” This is my exploration of how absurd that unlikely situation might look like, when Dawkins meets the God who has been either unable or unwilling to account for himself objectively.
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Spring Koha / March 30, 2016
Amerasiri, has asked:
….Minister RE: Spring Koha Comment What happens when the Infallible Monks and Priests die?….
When infallible monks and Priests die, I light crackers and give thanks to GOD.
I am sad when good, ordinary people die, because they are a scarce resource.
Here in Sri Lanka, our Infallible monks and priests simply want control over us ordinary mortals. They are hand in glove with politicians in the ‘power and control business’. Infallible monks and priests promise politicians electoral blessings, and politicians will not undertake anything without tying a pirith noola, here, there or somewhere. Such nonsense is hugely appreciated by the many sad yakkoos in our midst.
This is our eternal curse.
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trunket / March 29, 2016
All this is laying the seeds for one party rule.
IC establishment would agree provided the party toes their line.
Back to the days of plantation worker or at worse Mulla rule like Iran.
Depending on US elections this November.
If Hillary wins one party rule and suffering.
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Sinhala_Man / March 30, 2016
Dear “trunket”,
“If Hillary wins . . .”: have you not worked out how much worse it would be if a Republican is in the White House? Especially Donald Trump.
To think that I actually voted for Wijedasa Rajapaksha about seven years ago – we also are to blame for having such short memories. During the August 2015 elections my vote was elsewhere, but I saw his posters talking about “Mahathma Deshapalanaya.”
Somebody has pointed out the danger of handing over the Ministries of Justice and Buddha Sasana to one and the same man.
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trunket / March 31, 2016
Sinhala_Man,
They are all the same and linked to cooperate sector thinking. He is something new and saying things that are being distorted by cooperate sector media.
On CNN he said what is Iraq?? He was going to wipe it off the map and in a month Exxon would be pumping oil out.
School teacher Obama first spoke of change then hope and put the world in a worse situation- the world lives in fear while the standard of living goes down. Remember generally 50% don’t vote because there is no confidence in anyone.
In Ceylon it became a fashion with the educated and especially the Jaffna Tamils to vote left but they never question how Stalin and Mao survived and carried out ethnic cleansing which Roosevelt was not aware of until weeks before his death.Truman bungled it and we are living the English pirates dream.
I don’t believe one moment Lanka can patch anything up for peace as they would only gag and kill.
You need outside force with a bang so that all ethnics can live sensibly and prosper. Who is going to do that? Not the present Democrats or GOP and we have seen both in action.
China and India have been tamed a bit and both have reserves so it would be interesting. i am all for as before 48 when it all worked- Calcutta>Madras Colombo administration. To hell with independence if some have to live in fear in their land of birth.
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K.Balendra / March 29, 2016
Criticism is a must whether it is religious leaders or Even God.
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sr / March 29, 2016
K Balendra
As a matter of fact
Constructive criticism is the blood of democracy and protecting that right is vital unless a mere comment will be given misinterpretation to cause havoc in society.
I support your great idea that people should be given right even to criticize gods.
Gods will be very happy to see people enjoying maximum freedom and will come back to them. (At present gods have left people seeing the mal-practices committed under the banner of religion).
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Bandara / March 29, 2016
More startling pronouncements from the ‘good governance’ frauds!
Clergy (of whichever faith) are still fallible humans who are not above sinning or erring, so why should they be above critical views if they deserve it?
These so-called lawmakers are a bloody joke and this particular Rajapakse is another fraud. Freedom of speech is a human right and there are laws to protect people from defamation, libel, etc.
The new constitution will be another hopeless joke from the Yahapalanayas in the guise of ‘good governance’ – a tragi-comedy of the highest order!!
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janaka / March 29, 2016
Would be mother Theresa Rajapaksa coming out after Disney land free trip exposed?
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Diogenes / March 29, 2016
We do not want such a stupid constitution.Minister of justice or Injustice? Anybody should be allowed to criticise any leader – particularly religious leaders – because there are many rogues amongst them. If you are trying to curtail that freedom with your new constitution stick that bloody constitution up your arse! We do NOT want a constition drafted to protect those saffron clad rascals who are donig irreparable harm to the society and to the saasana too.
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srinath.gunaratne / March 29, 2016
Is this guy really educated?
Does he know the freedom of speech?
Anybody can respond to anything, there are courts, media!
Is there no end to this idiocy in Sri Lanka?
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Bindumathie / March 29, 2016
Please take care of your two brain cells remained. Being on UK you question this way ? Have you seen any religious folks mediate in active politics in the UK GOING beyond their limits ?
You the men remained both ends sealed off during the Raja days, now come to talk about the freedom. Man you need to wake up.. with few more years to go with you guys, at least now to see it right for the sake of future generations. What right is right even megalomaniac brutally abusive Rajapakshe did… there we agree with him but it is right him to articulate this way that BBS dogs will not be allowed anymore to run amok under the guidlines of new constitution. Basta
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srinath.gunaratne / March 29, 2016
If you read, there are so many occasions/discussions that clergy interfere with government policy in UK! But they do it in an organized decent manner unlike our BBS idiots!
We has a beautiful word for that process called lobbying!
Read and understand the extend the catholic church play in policy making in first world!
You live in a well, You do not see outside, Only If you could come here and learn to see the world in a different eye!
We said what was wrong when MR was in power, and we say it now too.
You are stupid to bring laws to stop freedom of speech, You are doing what MR wanted to do!
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Mallaiyuran / March 29, 2016
This man Wijedasa has not heard about secular democracy. His Modaya Ministry wants the Kandy’s Ayatollah Aanduwa for the Wild life Sanctuary Lankawe. Additionally he is working on the case of Avant Garde with Tilak. For that he is compensating Tilak resignation in the Cabinet.
The New Constitution drafting is to evade the criminal charges for the war crime. The talk of transitional Justice is to prop up the Sinhala Buddhist extremists’ agenda in Lankawe.
We know the game of the New Constitution. It is to reinforce the Article -9, remove the freedom expression and find out a way to toughen the PTA. Recently his cabinet drafted a new bill to reintroduce the PTA with the name of “Hate speech Prevention”
Tamils have to return back to Vaddukoddai Convention. There is nothing to replace it. Unlike the current goofy, common candidate supporters, genuine Tamils politicians, who after studying Sinhala Chauvinist behavior from Colebrook time, came out with that. That is the Bible, Veda, Koran and Mahavamsa for Tamils.
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New Vanguard / March 29, 2016
Not criticizing even inside parliament means they cannot be criticized outside parliament as well.
Excluding someone from criticism in through a constitution is bizzare at the least.
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Gamarala / March 29, 2016
The person who saved his bosom friend and owner of Avant Garde, with whom he toured the Disneyland, without an iota of clarification to the voters, is now trying to gag the Sri Lankans by the new constitution.
It is the people who appoint such idiots as Minister of Justice should be held responsible for these stupid & idiotic appointments.
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Sunil / March 29, 2016
To take away the right to criticize is to hinder progress. For development and improvement is born out of criticism and critical thinking! Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe is proving he is not suitable to be Minister of Justice and Buddha Sasana with every passing day! I feel sorry for Ranil having to work with people like this!!
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rew / March 29, 2016
He will not have a place in Govt by August 2017.
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Srilankan / March 29, 2016
If this keeps up the people of Sri Lanka will have to form a new Political Party excluding all these politicians in existing parties. Ideally members of the corporate sector should run the nation and help get rid of this kind of politicians for the sake of progress and development.
Look at the kind of stupid thing they keep putting foard!!! Disgraceful.
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Upul / March 29, 2016
The “FREEDOM OF SPEECH” is a basic right of a human being. Is this megalomaniac is trying to take away that basic human right from the people?
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jim softy / March 29, 2016
Sri Lankan govt and Wijedasa Rajapakse behaving Stupid.
It is Buddha who asked to respect other religions too.
It is christians and muslims who destroy other religions and criticize other religions.
Probabluy Wijedasa Rajapakse has got money from the church and is protecting the church.
Because, for Christian buddhists, christianity and Islam are two good targets to talk freely and tell the truth about those two religions.
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Estate Labourer / March 29, 2016
We Sri Lankans are utterly incapable of drawing up our own constitution. All the constitutions we have had after independence are sick constitutions. I think we should get some foreigners to draw up a constitution for us.
Incidentally, if anyone is criticized fairly or unfairly, whether inside parliament or outside of it, that person can always respond through the media.
I am convinced that Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe is a corrupt idiot!
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Dr.Rajasingham Narendran / March 29, 2016
Utterly stupid pandering to the gallery! What if the religious leaders are absolute renegades and cads? Who is a religious leader ? Who decides whether one is so? Was this a cabinet decision?
Dr.Rajasingham Narendran
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sr / March 29, 2016
New constitution will make religious leaders immune to criticism.
It’s time for the people to act.
Public funds must be utilized to develop the country and divert benefits to the people. Why should they be utilized to finance idiots. 225 in number, it’s no joke.
225 MPs are too much, after all they do not represent people, they try to make insane decisions at their whim and fancy like; making religious leaders immune to criticism.
Why can’t we limit the number of MPs in the parliament to 100. People’s money will be saved and the president will be able to make a small cabinet.
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Muhammed Fazl / March 30, 2016
I am afraid that I will be forced to draw out my sword against Minister Wijeyadasa on this….
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Komisiripala / March 30, 2016
How about you draw your sword out against the rampant Islamization that is spreading in Sri Lanka? Especially the degradation of women by forcing them to wear black garbage bags (and don’t start on that ‘it’s the woman’s right to wear what she wants’ nonsense – we both know that that’s not the case) that is inconsistent with humanity. I wonder if you hadn’t notice the angst this is causing among hot-blooded Sinhalese youth on social media. This can only end well (not!)
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jim softy / March 30, 2016
Why because there is no allah ?
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sach / March 30, 2016
I heard he is shivering seeing ur comment :)))
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JJ / March 30, 2016
Watch out Fazl, as there are those who don’t know about the ‘pen being mightier ..” and may take your comment literally!!
But do your thing and tell it like it is (or should be)!
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Bagehot / March 30, 2016
A fool was trying to convince me that Islam is not a violent religion. He failed miserably. You may be living proof, as the first thing that came to your mind was a sword.
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sr / March 31, 2016
“I’m afraid that i’ll be forced to draw out ………. “
Ah, ah, friend; don’be hurried
that’s terrorism!
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rajash / March 30, 2016
“New Constitution Will Not Allow Religious Leaders To Be Criticised”
but this is a contradiction.
there are no religious leaders.
if there are religious leaders then they are leaders first and religious second
Buddha never called him a leader
Jesus never called him a leader
Mohamed never called him a leader
Lord Krishna never called him a leader
this is an escape route for BBS to preach violence against the other religions
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Piranha / March 30, 2016
This is absolutely ridiculous. There are rapists, murderers, druggies, thieves, racist rabble rousers and other criminals wearing religious robes and Wijedasa knows this very well. In a true democracy nobody is against criticism. What Wijedasa is doing here is giving the criminals wearing robes a free hand to continue with their criminal activities.
I am surprised the PM gave Wijedasa a ministerial portfolio. The man should not be in parliament at all.
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Dragos / March 30, 2016
This man Bodi Dasa will soon have cocaine in his chambers like the former minister of Buddhist affairs.
So the island is going bankrupt there are no lenders.
However in the west at 0% interest there are funds and nobody wants it.
So yahapalanaya is going into sex and drugs. When are they going to sell guns??
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Upali Wickramasinghe / March 30, 2016
This man is MAD.The safron robed guys are living on our money ie tax payers maoney.The SOBs run around in luxury cars, have women and may be dealing in liquor. Those nuts at Asgiriya is playing the Devil with our rights re the right to use a public road.If Wijedasa thinks that he can stop criticism by law, let wijedasa recollect what was the essence of the French Revolution.
The fools at Maharagama sent this maniac to parliament.It is upto the constitution makers to include a clause where by such fools can be recalled.Wijedasa ran away with his tail between his legs and Upul jayasuriya proved that he was a man.
RW should remove this excuse for a man pretending to be educated , nothing but a boot licker.
Colvin R de Silva brought these maniacs from being slaves to dictate to us.Wijedasa plans to make the skunks Gods.
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Lanka Watch / March 30, 2016
Look at what comes form the Justice minister, who happened to be a lawyer. Can the hon. minister elaborate on what he said ‘religious
leaders cannot be criticised under the new constitution. Does this mean that religious leader like Ghanaseera Thera who scolded the
wife of an journalist killed for political reason, in raw filth in
a court of law, cannot be criticised for his behaviour. Will he issue instructions to the Judges not to prosecute such leaders in the future and leading newspapers warned not to comment when ISIS religious leaders issue satwas to kill world leaders.
PM Ranil should rein in the minister and issue a statement to the
press contradicting minister’s statement with an apology and ensure
that no body is above the law.
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Saman / March 30, 2016
Wijedasa Rajapaksa is now very jealousy of Minister Sarath Fonseka.
Wijedasa attempted to bock that appointment but he horrendously failed.
Wijedasa is also a one of the henchmen of Corrupted Rajapaksa group.
This man should be brought to justice even though he is a Minister of Justice.
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Emil van der Poorten / March 30, 2016
Do we need yet another reason for the nation to get rid of this pestilence who has distinguished himself only by feathering his own nest, politically and otherwise?
What’s next? A special dispensation from this man for Buddhist monks to have harems and to make any mention of it a criminal offence?
“Unuth ekai, munuth ekai.”
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Crazyoldmansl / March 30, 2016
How does one define a “Religious Leader”? Is this a cover to protect Pedophiles…?
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Dragos / March 30, 2016
money makes the world spin- He is defending common ground.
It’s not to cover pedophiles or murder but the commissions on international development contracts. It is the point of origin to get the blessing then the politician etc.
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