• All religious leaders including Mahanayakes should take this as a lesson

By Ajithalal Shanthaudaya and Jayantha Nanayakkara

How the graduates of the Colombo University acted during the convocation ceremony was exemplary and a great move, Ven. Omalpe Sobitha Thera said yesterday.

The prelate told a news conference held in Embilipitiya that graduates of the Colombo University had displayed their self-respect and that the President and the Government should realise their message.

Ven. Sobitha Thera said all religious leaders including the Mahanayakes and social activists should take this as 
a lesson.

The Thera said even though most people kept mum when posts were given on political, personal and nepotism, the graduates of the Colombo University showed their protest.

He said the country had faced a catastrophe due to nepotism and that the President should realise at least now that his action plan so far has been a failure.

The graduates of the Colombo University were seen refusing to obtain their graduate certificates from the Chancellor of the Colombo University Ven. Muruththettuwe Ananda Thera.

• The graduates of the Colombo University were seen refusing to obtain their graduate certificates from the Chancellor of the Colombo University Ven. Muruththettuwe Ananda Thera