Initiating a Discussion on Granting Amnesty to Gnanasara Thera.

Initiating a Discussion on Granting Amnesty to Gnanasara Thera.

Cabinet spokesman Rajitha Senaratne during cabinet briefing said, that a discussion is initiated to examine the possibility of granting an amnesty to imprisoned Gnanasara Thera.
He said that earlier too court cases were filed against Buddhist monks and sentenced after the court trials.
Currently 15 Buddhist monks and 3 Hindu Priests are serving jail sentence. Those who have committed grave offences too included among them.
However, certain politically motivated people are trying to make Gnanasara Thera’s imprisonment as political.
If amnesty is granted to Gnanasara Thera , other monks serving jail sentence will ask for amnesty.