Religious Leaders submit memoranda to President seeking release of Anojan Sivarasa

The Mahanayaka Theros of the Ramanna Maha Nikaya and the Amarapura Maha Nikaya have submitted a memorandum to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, seeking the necessary State intervention to secure the release of Anojan Sivarasa, a Sri Lankan who has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia.

According to the President’s Media Division (PMD), the memorandum was issued jointly by Most Venerable Makulwe Wimalabuddhi Thero, Mahanayaka Thero of the Sri Lanka Ramanna Maha Nikaya, and Most Venerable Karagoda Uyangoda Maithreemurthi Thero, Supreme Mahanayaka Thero of the Amarapura Maha Nikaya.

The memorandum was handed over to Senior Additional Secretary to the President Roshan Gamage at the Presidential Secretariat on September 30 by Venerable Omalpe Sobhitha Thero, Chief Sanghanayake of Southern Lanka.

Meanwhile, a separate memorandum appealing for intervention in the matter was also submitted on behalf of the Hindu community by Dr. Sivasri K. V. K. Vaithiswara Kurukkal, President of the Hindu Priests’ Association and the All Ceylon Hindu Cultural Council.

The memoranda seek government intervention to facilitate the release of Anojan Sivarasa, who is currently facing a death sentence in Saudi Arabia.

Venerable Pagoda Janthawansa Thero, Venerable Wepathaira Dhammasiri Thero, Sivasri Kugathasa Kurukkal of the Hindu Priests’ Association, Attorney-at-Law Tanuja Navaratne and social activist R. A. Amila Sanjeewa were also present on the occasion. (Newswire)

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