Question

Distinguish between belgian and sri lanjan government policies on the socail and religious issues

Answer 1

(i) Type of Government: Sri Lanka continues to be, for all practical purpose, a unitary system where the national government has all the powers. Tamil leaders want Sri Lanka to become a federal system under which the regional governments were given constitutional powers that were no longer dependent on the central ‘government. Belgium shifted from a unitary to a federal form of government.
(ii) Religion and Government : To accommodate people belonging to different ethnic groups Belgium formed a ‘community government’ whereas Sri Lankan government passed a law to protect and promote Buddhism.
(iii) Language and government : In 1956 Sri Lankan government passed an act to recognize Sinhala as the only official language whereas Belgium government “tried to protect and foster all the languages spoken by the people. 

Answer 2

Explanation:

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Belgium is a small country in Western Europe with complex Ethnic composition. Of the country’s total population, 59 per cent speak Dutch language. Another 40 per cent • speak French. Remaining 1 per cent speak German. Sri Lanka is an island nation in Indian Ocean where the major social groups are Sinhala speakers (74 per cent) and the Tamil speakers - (18 per cent). .