Sri Lanka: One country, which law?

As reported by the Daily Mirror LK on 1 November 2021, the government has installed a "Presidential Task Force for One Country, One Law". This advisory group is to strengthen Sri Lanka"s cultural heritage and help develop a sense of unity between all the different ethnic and religious groups in the country. World Watch Research analyst Thomas Muller comments: "While the formation of this task force was one of President Rajapaksas" election campaign promises, it seems questionable what it will actually achieve under the motto "˜One country - one law". Its chairman is the high profile Buddhist monk, Gnanasera Thera, who is known for his hate-speech against religious minorities, especially Muslims.‚  Minority groups are thus wary of hoping too much from such a venture and view it rather as just‚  another method for strengthening Buddhist Sinhala dominance. Although the chairman has insisted that the advisory group would have an open ear for all minority voices, Catholic bishops have rejected such an advisory group as being the way forward for strengthening unity (UCA News, 3 November 2021). Catholic Christians and other religious minorities thus expect no let up from the current levels of Religious Nationalism and how it is linked to Dictatorial Paranoia."