{"id":222411,"date":"2021-09-09T18:37:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T13:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=222411"},"modified":"2021-09-14T03:09:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T21:39:57","slug":"the-public-address-of-ven-gnanasara-thero-on-the-easter-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/the-public-address-of-ven-gnanasara-thero-on-the-easter-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"The Public Address Of Ven. Gnanasara Thero On The Easter Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Fr. Sarath Iddamalgoda<\/a> –<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Fr. Sarath Iddamalgoda<\/p><\/div>\n

I believe that the general public would be interested to know whether the views expressed by Ven. Galagoda Atte Gnansara<\/a><\/span> Thero of Bodu Bala Sena<\/a><\/span> at a recent media address is only a personal opinion of his or he represented the views of the President and the entire government. Whatever that is, the views so expressed by the Ven Thero may have brought some relief to every member of the government. <\/span><\/p>\n

Nevertheless, a public discussion on some of the salient points could be a timely contribution for those who seek enlightenment of public matters. <\/span><\/p>\n

For him the investigations into the Easter Sunday Attack<\/a><\/span> are carried out in a satisfactory manner by the government. Thus, the protests launched by the cardinal and the Catholic Church are quite unwarranted. He goes further and throws accusation at the Church that the protests organized by the Cardinal and the Catholic community are only meeting a demand of a foreign hand.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It was quite remarkable that the Ven. Thero appeared quite disturbed and was emotional in his expressions during the media meeting. In bringing the above accusation before the media, he clearly exposed his lack of sensitivity to the message that the Catholic community wanted to convey to the President by means of the protests.<\/span><\/p>\n

Raising his powerful voice he reiterated but without evidence that proper investigations into the Easter attack are going on, whereas the representatives of the victim community repeatedly complained that the investigations were incomplete and they have no confidence in the way it is done on the ground that certain key issues are not taken into account in the investigations. Therefore, they during their protests persistently appealed to the President to bring the Presidential Inquiry into completion. <\/span><\/p>\n

The firmly held view of the Catholic community is that any decision or any judgement declared that is not based on the properly completed Presidential Inquiry has no legal binding.<\/span><\/p>\n