#  Monks' National Heritage Party Wins Nine Seats in New Parliament 

 





April 05, 2004

 

 

Source: BBC News

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south\_asia/3600913.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3600913.stm)

On April 5, 2004 the *BBC News* reported, "'Don't call us MPs. Call us advisers to the people,' the ochre-robed Buddhist monks tell a gathering of devotees at a temple on the outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. 'You have given us strength by electing us.' The crowd erupts in applause, as six elected monks sit on a platform flanked by a giant granite rock statue of Buddha on a muggy evening. It is a celebration for the winning monks who contested last Friday's parliamentary elections. Some 280 monks took part in the vote - the first time such a large number of clerics have stood for election in this predominately Buddhist country. They came together under the banner of the National Heritage Party - the first all-monk party, which will have nine seats in the new parliament."



 

 

 



 

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