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Port City Economic Commission Bill violates religious freedom of Sri Lankans: JVP

19 May 2021

Articles 52, 53 and 73 of the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill are inconsistent with Article 9 of the 1978 Constitution, Article 5 of the 1815 Kandyan Convention and the details in the 1972 Constitution, the JVP said today. "This violation is that security, religious freedom of the people and sustainable development have been lost due to the Bill," they said. Speaking further, he said, "Sections 52, 53 and 73 of the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill create a social system that deviates from the Constitution, undermining the religious and sustainable development and civilized livelihoods of the people of Sri Lanka protected by Buddhism and the Buddha Sasana and therefore it should not be allowed to do so." They stated that the Articles 52, 53 and 73 of the Bill deprive the government of its responsibility to protect and nurture the Buddha Sasana, depriving it of the pre-eminence of Buddhism enshrined in Article 9 of the 1978 Constitution. "As the above Act violates the priority given to Article 9 of the Constitution, those provisions of Article 83, Article 52, 53 and 73 of the Constitution are enacted after a referendum," they said. ""One country - two laws" is the theme of the Port City Act. One part of the country has a law on excise, betting, casinos. But in another part of the country, in the port city, there is no law for that. This shows that Article 9 of the Constitution has an effect on one part of the country and not on the port city," they said. They stated that this is a deprivation of the effect of Article 9 on the port city zone. 1. Excise (Special Provisions) Act. 2. Customs Protection Act. 3. Betting and Gambling Tax Act. 4. Entertainment Tax Act 5. Foreign Exchange Act 6. Casino Business Regulation Act, "Exemption from enacting such acts in the port city would be an attack not only on the Buddhist culture of Sri Lanka but on all religions and a breach of the religious value system," they said.

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