Which of the following statements about power-sharing arrangements in Belgium and Sri Lanka is correct?

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Government initiatives in Sri Lanka aimed to maintain the domination of the Sinhala language.

To safeguard their culture, language, and equality of opportunity in employment and education, the Tamils in Sri Lanka advocated a federal system of power sharing.

The conversion of Belgium's unitary government to a federal one prevented a potential linguistic partition of the nation.

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answer is D.

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All the above statements are true about power-sharing arrangements in Belgium and Sri Lanka.
The French and Dutch enjoyed a fair system of power-sharing in Belgium. Belgium's change from a unitary to a federal government averted linguistic divisions inside the nation. Power sharing made it possible for Belgium to survive. In Sri Lanka, the government policies aimed to maintain the majority's dominance. Tamils in Sri Lanka asked for a federal power-sharing framework to preserve their culture, language, and equality of opportunity in education and employment. The northern and eastern Tamil regions of Sri Lanka yearned for an independent nation they dubbed Tamil Eelam.

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