“Our armed forces and police stood between terror and the temples—not for conquest, but for protection. They held the line where the Buddha Sāsana demands sovereignty, not foreign distortion. This land, sanctified by over 150 homages to the Buddha, is guarded not just by law, but by puñña and sacrifice. To question or arrest those who defended it is to betray the very soil they preserved. No law—local or foreign—can override the sacred duty to protect the Sāsana. Any NGO, foreign body, or hidden agenda that seeks to rewrite this truth must be questioned under Article 9. The State has a solemn duty to protect those who sacrificed their lives for us—not shame them. Their service is not subject to imported morality—it is woven into the sovereignty of the Sinhala-Buddhist State itself.”
— Palitha Ariyarathna