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V.S. Sambandan
SHOWDOWN ON ROAD: Two Buddhist monks lie on the road after police fired teargas during a protest in Colombo on Friday.
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, on Friday met leaders of the Buddhist clergy, even as sections of hard-line opponents stepped up their opposition to her proposal for an administrative mechanism with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam for post-tsunami reconstruction. During her meeting with leaders of three Buddhist sects who were flown down to Colombo from Kandy in central Sri Lanka, Ms. Kumaratunga allayed fears that the proposed Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure would be finalised without consultation, a Presidential secretariat source said. The clergy leaders on Thursday called on Ms. Kumaratunga to ensure that the proposal was discussed before it was finalised. "There is no change in the President's commitment" to her proposal, the source said. Friday was marked by protests from hard-liners, including the Left-nationalist ruling ally, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, and two sections of the Buddhist clergy. The JVP, which has 39 MPs in Sri Lanka's 225-member Parliament, issued an ultimatum that it would quit the Government if the proposal was not withdrawn by June 15.
Protestors dispersed
Sri Lankan police fired teargas shells and opened water cannons in Colombo to disperse a group of over 200 protestors who were demanding a withdrawal of the proposal. The protestors, including Buddhist monks from the Jathika Hela Urumaya had gathered on a road near the President's official residence, demanding the withdrawal of the proposal.
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