In a press release the Ven. Dambara Amila Thera stated that the timing and conducting of elections in this country were the Elections Commissioner’s responsibilities in terms of the Constitution. Ordering, exerting pressure and influence by outsiders in the internal affairs of a country were against the principles of democracy. It was not worthy of the International Democratic Union to adopt the proposal by the Australian Prime Minister John Howard as it influenced the internal affairs of this country.
“The ‘Johns’ had repeatedly pressurised the sovereignty of this country -- John Doyle, Joh Westborg and John Howard are such Johns,” Ven. Amila Thera said.
The NBF also pointed out that the opposition leader had acted in an extremely childish manner.
“He is using a cat’s paw to quench his thirst for power. At a time when the people had lost confidence in him he is making an attempt to reinforce his power with the assistance of foreigners,” the Ven. Thera said, adding that as the whole world was aware, the International Democratic Union was an assembly of capitalists with the objective of putting its members in power in the respective countries. It knew that the Lankan Opposition Leader could be controlled by it, the NBF president said.
The Thera requested the Australian Premier to respect the democratic rights of the aborigines in his own country before interfering in the affairs of other countries.
(http://www.dailymirror.lk/2005/07/26/news/03.asp)
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