Buddhist councils and government involvement?

In my country (Sri Lanka) government is about to bring out a new set of laws to govern Buddhist councils. This kind of a law has never existed in my country and being a Buddhist country there is some speculation about why only one religion is effected by this new law. There are some fears from monks about government trying to shut up the religion & it's power over people even though some are ready to examine the whole thing and come up with modifications. There is a line about putting the "Monk imposers" in jail. And some fear this might be a bate to take down Buddhist organizations and Monks who speak against injustice. The public literally has no clue about what to say or do. Most likely people will oppose it and there is a big potential that this might lead to some serious outbreak of violence and religious conflict. --- Here are some links from news web sites about the whole thing: - Amendment of laws on Buddhist temples will take decision making power away from Maha Sangha - New laws --- So far it is very dreadful. What should be the response to this kind of a law in any country? How to deal with government involvement in religion?