Jathika Hela Urumaya
The Jathika Hela Urumaya ( JHU , Sinhalese ජාතික හෙළ උරුමය , Tamil ஜாதிக ஹெல உறுமய , English National Heritage Party ; " National Heritage Party ") is a party founded by Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka .
history
In the parliamentary elections on April 2, 2004, the party founded in February 2004 received 6.0% of the vote and won 9 of the 225 seats. All candidates were Buddhist monks. The JHU supported the election of Mahinda Rajapaksa from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party as Prime Minister. In 2007 she joined a coalition government and since then has been Minister for Environment and Natural Resources with Champika Ranawaka .
In 2005 a constitutional lawsuit by the JHU prevented President Chandrika Kumaratunga from being extended .
aims
Central goals of the party are the preservation of the national heritage, environmental protection and the promotion of Buddhism. She pursues a Sinhalese nationalist course and is against the establishment of a Tamil state of their own . In 2012, the more radical Bodu Bala Sena split from the JHU.
literature
- Swarna Wickremeratne, George D. Bond: Buddha in Sri Lanka: Remembered Yesterdays . SUNY Press 2006, ISBN 9780791468814 , p. 194 ( limited online version (Google Books) )
- Jayadeva Uyangoda: Sri Lanka: A Fractured Mandate . South Asian Journal - Issue 5, 2004 ( online version )
Web links
- News story describing tensions between monk-politicians and former Sihala Urumaya members
- Monks should stay out of Sri Lanka politics, says monk legislator
Individual evidence
- ^ Martin Petrich, Martin Petrich Volker Klinkmüller, Volker Klinkmüller: Sri Lanka . DMont Reiseverlag 2006, ISBN 3770161556 , p. 103 (ABC of political parties) ( limited online version (Google Books) )