JHU submits 29 proposals in support of Rajapakse election manifesto
[TamilNet, Sunday, 27 December 2009, 12:46 GMT]
Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), a Sinhala Buddhist Monk party has handed
over 29 point proposals to the incumbent President Mahinda Rajapakse
in support of his election manifesto that is to be released during the
first week of next month. One of the proposals is to renovate and
reconstruct all Buddhist shrines and Buddhist archaeological sites
which were destroyed in the north and east due to the three decade old
war. The other proposal is to set up a Foreign Intelligence Service to
destroy the international network of the LTTE now actively engaged
abroad, after its defeat in the island.
Another proposal seeks the introduction of a new executive presidency system that is answerable to parliament,replacing the present constitution. JHU
parliamentary group leader Venerable Athureliya Ratna Thera revealed
the twenty nine proposals at a news briefing held Friday at Colombo
Mahaweli Kendra Centre. He said as a party that supports Mahinda
Rajapakse candidature JHU had handed over the set of proposals.
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