Sri Lanka, Jan. 15 -- Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organiser and MP Namal Rajapaksa has said Agriculture, Livestock, Lands and Irrigation Minister K.D. Lalkantha's recent remarks against a Buddhist monk, violate the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Act No. 56 of 2007.Sri Lanka travel
Rajapaksa said Minister Lalkantha had recently insulted the Chief Incumbent of the Mihintale Rajamaha Viharaya and had referred to Venerable Walawahangunawewe Dhammarathana Thera in derogatory terms, which he strongly condemned as an insult on a senior Buddhist monk.
Quoting provisions of the ICCPR Act, Rajapaksa said that the Law prohibits any person from inciting national, racial or religious hatred, including acts...