Radical monks seek constitutional veto power they lack training to exercise

Evidence

Although monks, like all others in society, are entitled to voice their opinions on such matters, the demands made by the radical bhikkhus would make them constitutional engineers—a role they are usually unsuited for, if only because their narrow religious education typically precludes the requisite training in political theory, political science, and international affairs, areas in which a constitutional expert could be expected to have some specialization. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 151

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels Rajapaksa’s ‘monks as soldiers’ and cleric-political power in other religious-nationalist contexts --- clerical overreach into technical governance.