JVP led monks threatened to launch street protests with other bhikkus if the government with what they called unnecessary laws to control the Maha Sangha, reports the Island.
Addressing the Centre for Society and Religion, the General Secretary of the JVP affiliated National Bhikku Front (NBF) Wakamulle Uditha thera said the government should discipline its politicians instead of making laws that looked to discipline Buddhist Monks.
The Buddhist monk added that the UNP governments throughout history had harboured a huge grudge against bikkhus.
A host of political actors and Buddhist organisations have condemned attempts to pass a parliamentary bill that may allegedly look to discipline Buddhist monks.
Buddhist monks will not answer to 'white man' legal system says BBS Gen-Sec (16 Jan 2015)
Addressing the Centre for Society and Religion, the General Secretary of the JVP affiliated National Bhikku Front (NBF) Wakamulle Uditha thera said the government should discipline its politicians instead of making laws that looked to discipline Buddhist Monks.
The Buddhist monk added that the UNP governments throughout history had harboured a huge grudge against bikkhus.
A host of political actors and Buddhist organisations have condemned attempts to pass a parliamentary bill that may allegedly look to discipline Buddhist monks.
Buddhist monks will not answer to 'white man' legal system says BBS Gen-Sec (16 Jan 2015)