In a letter today (28) to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Chief Secretary of the Sanga Sabha of the Amarapura Maha Nikaya, Pallekande Ratanasara Anunayake Thero and the Chief Secretary of the Ramanna Maha Nikaya, Aththangane Sasanarathne Thero said Muslims and Christians follow the ritual of burying their dead, and noted that this is enshrined in the Constitution in Article 14 (1) as a fundamental right.
They further noted that though cremation of COVID-19 victims was made mandatory via a gazette notification on April 11, considerable research on the matter had been carried out over the past eight months.
The Amarapura and Ramanna Samagri Maha Sangha Sabha said that the burial of COVID-19 victims should be carried out subject to conditions and with research.
They urged President Rajapaksa to convene an emergency meeting with doctors, virologists, public health inspectors, religious leaders, and other stakeholders to discuss the matter.
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