Former Chairman of the Jathika Hela Urumaya Venerable Omalpe Sobitha Thera says they vehemently oppose the move to establish a state of another country within Sri Lanka.
Omalpe Sobitha Thera noted that all factions should rally together to thwart the attempts made by the government to make Sri Lanka a Chinese colony.
The Thera noted that the country faced a 30-year-old conflict to liberate the country from separatists who waged war to capture a part of Sri Lanka.
Omalpe Sobitha Thera noted that now a similar attempt is being made through other means, without an armed struggle.
The Thera noted that the bill if passed, will result in Sri Lanka losing control of a 1,115-acre plot of land to China.
Omalpe Sobitha Thera questioned as to whether the public representatives are aware of the consequences of the Bill and whether they are willing to be a party to moves to hand over a region of the country to China.
Omalpe Sobitha Thera stressed that the President and the government have been appointed to govern the country only for a brief period, and they have no right to hand over certain parts of Sri Lanka to foreign powers.
Venerable Omalpe Sobitha Thera noted that they will strongly oppose any moves to grant powers to other countries to govern any part of Sri Lanka.