The Maha Sanga has pointed out the need to solve problems through discussions and seminars. The Chairman of the Amarapura Maha Sangasabawa the most Venerable Aggamana Panditha Kotugoda Dammawasa Anunayake Thero said that this measure would help to establish a real progress in the country and to build a virtuous administration.
Reverend Father Sarath Hettiarachchi said that conspiracies are being hatched within the country to disrupt the development process of the government. He said that the intelligent masses have understood about these activities and therefore the conspirators will never get the support from the masses.
Meanwhile, the media personnel say that certain non-government organizations receiving dollar funds from international forces are attempting to create unrest in the country.
The former Editor of the Silumina Mr. Sujeewa Dissanayake said that there is no truth in the claims being made by certain groups that there is no media freedom in the country. He said that by staging demonstrations the media freedom in a country can not be protected.
The chief editor of the Lakbima newspaper Mr. Rajpal Abeynayake also vehemently rejected the allegation of saying there is no media freedom in the country. He said that in the unrest being created in the universities there is the hidden hand of certain political groups receiving foreign assistance.
The editor of the Nation newspaper Mr. Malinga Seneviratne said compared to the period of 1988/89 there is a clear media freedom in the country at present.
