Powerful Buddhist Monk Opposes China Funded Colombo Port City Project Lanka govt.scrambles to assuage Abayarama temple head
COLOMBO: The politically influential head of the Abayarama temple in Colombo, Ven.Muruththetuwe Ananda Thero, has thrown his weight behind petitions in the Sri Lankan Supreme Court against the China-funded US$ 1.4 billion Colombo Port City (CPC) project.
The CPC is now at the crucial stage of getting a separate legal structure meant to get foreign investors.
Ven. Ananda Thero told a press conference on April 15 that his organization
“Rata Rakina Jana Handa” had supported President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) in the 2019 and 2020 elections in the hope of preventing the sale of Sri Lankan State assets to foreign countries, but the regime is now trying to make the Colombo Port City a “Chinese colony”.