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Jathika Hela Urumaya and ethno-religious politics in Sri Lanka.(ABSTRACTS)(Author abstract)
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Pacific Affairs
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March 22, 2008
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- DeVotta, Neil; Stone, Jason
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Sri Lanka's April 2004 parliamentary elections were a watershed because for the first time a political party comprised solely of Buddhist monks contested the polls. Despite being created just two months before the elections and generating passionate debate over the appropriateness of Buddhist monks participating directly in politics, the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), or National Heritage Party, fielded over 260 candidates and won nine seats. The party claimed it wanted to institute a righteous society; yet its goals and policies were similar to those advocated by other Buddhist nationalist groups and seemed set to complicate ...
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