For this we should accept the government's devolution proposals and support them to be implemented in order to bring consolation to the people in the North and East. When these devolution proposals are approved, it will enable them to look after their interests in their own, which will eventually bring them solace. This country known as Dharmadeepa to the world should not be projected as a violent one. The recent local government election have endorsed the President's peace moves and denounced communalism. The late Mr. J.R. Jayewardene who opposed the B-C Pact later devolved the powers on the periphery under curfew with the support of the Army and Police.
Today there are no such problems.
A Parliamentary select Committee examines the party views in a democratic way. There are Buddhist Tamils and if these proposals will provide some relief, to them, our Buddhist monks could propagate the Dhamma in the Northern and Eastern province. Had we done it, today's problem would not have arisen. Do we get the solution to the problem, if we mention that only Sinhala should be the official language all should be Sinhalese and they should become Buddhists. It is pertinent to mention here that I went to Jaffna when I was 15 in 1941 with my Nayake Thera.