Power sharing arrangement in belgium and sri lanka
Transcript of Power sharing arrangement in belgium and sri lanka
Sri Lanka emerged as an independent country
in 1948. The leaders of the Sinhala
community sought to secure dominance over
government by virtue of their majority . As a
result , the democratically elected government
adopted a series of majoritarianism measures
to establish Sinhala supremacy . Government
passed many act giving more powers to
Sinhalese and neglecting Tamils . All these
measures ,coming one after the other ,
gradually increased the feelings of alienation
among the Sri Lankan Tamils . The relations
between the Sinhala and Tamil communities
strained over time. The distrust between the two
communities turned into widespread conflict . It
soon turned into a Civil War. Sri Lanka
government shows that if majority community
wants to force its dominance over others and
refuses to share power, it can undermine the
unity of the country.
Two types of people live in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan
Tamil people and the Sinhalese (ethnic group
native of Sri Lanka) .So the Sinhalese enjoy the
most powers in the country . The Tamils feel
separated from the country ,since they do not
have powers .
Following are some important decisions made by
the government which separated Tamils from the
country :-
•Sinhala was recognized as the only official
language, thus disregarding Tamil.
•The government followed preferential policies
that favored Sinhala applicants for university
position and government jobs.
• A new constitution stipulated that the state shall
protect and foster Buddhism. That means Tamils
were not allowed to worship any other religion
then Buddhism publically .
• BELGIUM
• Numbers of the Dutch and French people WERE equal.
• Power were distributed to the state government .
• Dutch and French had their equal representative.
• The community government is elected by the people belonging to one language community –dutch, French and german –speaking –no matter where they live .