The leader of the Buddhist monk group, Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) told the Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa to take action against ministers whose actions the group condemned, warning, "if he [Rajapaksa] fails to correct those [ministers] behaving incorrectly then we will have to tame them".
“The President cannot shy away from taking the responsibility for the action of ministers. We cannot allow him to mollycoddle everyone including the wrongdoers," BBS leader, the Buddhist monk, Galagodaatte Gnanasera told a press conference, the Daily Mirror reports.
Gnanasera highlighted Minister Rajitha Senaratne as one such minister. Senaratne has earlier urged for extremist religious organistaions to be banned.
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“The President cannot shy away from taking the responsibility for the action of ministers. We cannot allow him to mollycoddle everyone including the wrongdoers," BBS leader, the Buddhist monk, Galagodaatte Gnanasera told a press conference, the Daily Mirror reports.
Gnanasera highlighted Minister Rajitha Senaratne as one such minister. Senaratne has earlier urged for extremist religious organistaions to be banned.
See related articles:
Chief Monks urge BBS and government ministers to make amends (08 Aug 2014)
Government should expel Muslim minister – BBS (15 Jul 2014)
BBS leader blames SLMC for religious violence, tells police to focus on 'real issues' (04 Jul 2014)
Minister faces aggression from Sinhalese diaspora after criticising BBS (01 Jul 2014)
Muslim parliamentarians write to Rajapaksa about hate campaign of Buddhist groups (02 May 2014)