Consider the following statements about power sharing arrangements in Belgium and Sri Lanka:
A) In Belgium, the Dutch-speaking majority people tried to impose them to impose their domination on the minority French-speaking community.
B) In Sri Lanka, the policies of the government sought to ensure the dominance of the Sinhala-speaking majority.
C) The Tamils in Sri Lanka demanded a federal arrangement of power sharing to protect their culture, language and equality of opportunity in education and jobs.
D) The transformation of Belgium from unitary government to a federal one prevented a possible division of the country on linguistic lines.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

Question

Consider the following statements about power sharing arrangements in Belgium and Sri Lanka:
A) In Belgium, the Dutch-speaking majority people tried to impose them to impose their domination on the minority French-speaking community.
B) In Sri Lanka, the policies of the government sought to ensure the dominance of the Sinhala-speaking majority.
C) The Tamils in Sri Lanka demanded a federal arrangement of power sharing to protect their culture, language and equality of opportunity in education and jobs.
D) The transformation of Belgium from unitary government to a federal one prevented a possible division of the country on linguistic lines.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

Philoid · Accepted Answer

In the above given statements the options B, C and D are correct because in both the countries the government works as the community government for its citizens. And we know that community government is that form of government which is for a particular language or culture and has the power regarding cultural, educational and other language related issues. Hence, option (d) is correct