Question

Write 5 points on belgium model and sir lankan model

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Belgium Model of Power sharing -

Introduction :

In the Country, the representation of the language community was as follows -

59% of Dutch speaking community and 40% of French Speaking community and 1% German Speaking community.

But in the country's capital Brussels, the situation was vice versa. It had 80% French speaking community while 20% Dutch speaking community.

Following is the fair model of Belgium

• The Constitution prescribes that the number of both Dutch speaking community and French speaking community must be equal in the Central Government.

• Also, many powers of the Central government have been given to the two regions of the country that is, The Flemish and Wallonia region.

• The French community agreed to such type of accommodation in the Country's capital Brussels, since the Dutch speaking community had accepted the equal representation in Central government ( the majority of Dutch speaking is more in Country)

• Also, there's a third type of government in Belgium known as the Community Government which belongs to people of one language community - Dutch, French and German.

Srilanka Model -

Introduction:

In Sri Lanka the majority is of the Sinhalese speaking community, which makes 74% of the country while there are Tamil Speakers who make up 18% of the remaining population.

The model of Srilanka was based on the principle of Majoritarianism

• An Act was passed in 1956, which decided Sinhala as the official language of the Country.

• There were certain policies which flavoured Sinhala applicants for Government jobs and university positions.

• A new constitution then stipulated that the state shall protect and foster Buddhism.