Sri Lanka's senior Buddhist clergy, the Maha Sangha, on Thursday urged the president and prime minister not to push through with the proposed 20th amendment to the constitution which would abolish the executive presidency, arguing it was a move to divide the country.
Speaking at the National Conference of the Maha Sangha which took place in Colombo, the clergy added that "it was too dangerous to abolish the executive presidency when the 13th amendment to the constitution remained."
"Some separatists in Sri Lanka were hoping to divide the country and would make use 20-A to fulfil their aspirations," the senior Buddhist monk, Induragare Dhammarathana was quoted by the Daily Mirror as saying.
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