Sri Lankan Minister Mervyn Silva has called on the Sinhalese people to reproduce as much as possible, in order to increase population numbers.
Silva, Sri Lanka’s Public Relations Minister, was reportedly addressing a government function in Wattala, and stated,
"The Sinhala race is rapidly becoming a minority and my only only request to the Sinhalese is to produce children as much as possible to avoid extinction of their race".
The Sri Lankan government already offers cash incentives for the Sri Lankan Army, almost exclusively Sinhalese, to have extra children, having awarded over Rs. 700 million in payments so far.
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The Minister then went on to offer his services to the Sinhala people, adding,
"There is no point in lamenting over this problem… If any woman has a problem in having children, I kindly request her to contact me for further assistance".
Speaking on the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Silva also said,
"The United People's Freedom Alliance, led by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, is one big family. The mother and father of that family is none other than President Mahinda Rajapaksa . We must not allow anyone to disrupt that familial bond.”
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