Muslim Congress Parliamentary Group Unanimously Resolves to Oppose Govt Moves to Amend 13th Constitutional Amendment
D.B.S.JEYARAJ-Wednesday, June 12, 2013The Parliamentary Group of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress(SLMC) met at the Colombo residence of party leader and Justice minister Rauff Hakeem on Monday June 10th 2013 and unanimously resolved to express opposition to moves by the Rajapaksa regime to bring about changes to the Constitution curtailing further the powers of devolution allocated to the Country’s Provincial councils under the thirteenth Constitutional amendment.
All eight Muslim congress Parliamentarians participated at the meeting that lasted for more than two hours.
The participants were Justice minister and Kandy district MP Rauff Hakeem,Productivity promotion minister Basheer Segu Dawood, Trincomalee dist MP MS Thowfeek,Amparai dist MP’s HMM Harees and Faizal Cassim,Wanni dist MP MB Farook and National list MP’s MT Hasen Ali and Mohamed Aslam.Hasen Ali is the secretary general of the party while Segu Dawood is the chairman. Hakeem is party leader.
National list MP and SLMC secretary general MT Hasen Ali when contacted on the telephone stated that the party’s parliamentary group had arrived at a unanimous decision of opposing moves to change the Constitution regarding the provisions of the 13th amendment.
Mr. Hasen Ali said that the party would be writing officially to President Rajapaksa informing him of the SLMC decision before the next cabinet meeting scheduled for Thursday June 13th. Party leader Rauff Hakeem is expected to convey the reasons for the party decision directly to the President and other cabinet ministers on that day
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