{"id":77267,"date":"2022-04-30T01:11:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T05:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=77267"},"modified":"2022-04-30T23:02:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T03:02:52","slug":"buddhist-clergy-intervenes-in-politcs-again-sangha-convention-passes-decree-demanding-the-resignation-of-prime-minister-mahinda-rajapaksa-and-the-setting-up-of-an-all-party-interm-govt-threatens-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=77267","title":{"rendered":"Buddhist Clergy Intervenes in Politics Again; Sangha Convention Passes Decree  Demanding the Resignation of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Setting up of an all  party Interm Govt; threatens rejection of all politcians if Mahnda Does not step down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A Sangha Convention held at the Independence Square yesterday (30 April) called on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to step down to facilitate a smooth transition of power to an all-party interim government, aimed at creating political stability, rebuilding public faith in governance, and facilitating economic recovery.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The decree of the Sangha Convention calling for the Prime Minister\u2019s resignation was read out at the Independence Square by Ven. Ogalanwatte Chandrasiri Thera.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Chandarasiri Thera stated that the Prime Minister should step down from his post to facilitate the creation of the all-party interim government, which the Mahanayakes of the three Buddhist Chapters had recommended as a way forward from the current crisis. <\/p>\n<p>He stated that the Sangha Convention and the Buddhist Chapters would release a decree condemning and rejecting all politicians if the Prime Minister did not step down from his post.<\/p>\n<p>Ven. Chandrasiri Thera stressed the need for the Executive Presidency to be abolished and the Legislature to be strengthened through well-thought-out and deliberated constitutional changes.<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nCourtesy: The Morning<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton77267\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D77267&amp;text=Buddhist%20Clergy%20Intervenes%20in%20Politics%20Again%3B%20Sangha%20Convention%20Passes%20Decree%20%20Demanding%20the%20Resignation%20of...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Sangha Convention held at the Independence Square yesterday (30 April) called on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to step down to facilitate a smooth transition of power to an all-party interim government, aimed at creating political stability, rebuilding public faith in governance, and facilitating economic recovery. The decree of the Sangha Convention calling for the &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=77267\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Buddhist Clergy Intervenes in Politics Again; Sangha Convention Passes Decree  Demanding the Resignation of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Setting up of an all  party Interm Govt; threatens rejection of all politcians if Mahnda Does not step down&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77267"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77269,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77267\/revisions\/77269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}