The Tamil National Alliance on Thursday urged the senior members of the Buddhist clergy to reconsider their decision to unanimously reject any constitutional change in Sri Lanka.
"when all political parties represented in the legislature had contributed towards the drafting of a new Constitution, the main Buddhist Sects affirming that there was no need for such a framework was both shocking and ridiculous," Ceylon Today quoted the TNA spokesperson and MP, M A Sumanthiran as saying.
The Buddhist clergy announced their decision following a special meeting earlier this week held in Kandy where the heads of three divisions of Sri Lanka's Buddhist clergy.
Reportedly suggesting that there had been a "sinister move" behind the meeting's outcome, Mr Sumanthiran said, "for the first time in the country's history since independence it has got a golden opportunity to enact a new Constitution with input from all political parties and the public."
