{"id":89793,"date":"2019-06-03T22:57:41","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T04:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=89793"},"modified":"2019-06-03T15:56:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T22:56:14","slug":"all-muslim-ministers-set-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2019\/06\/03\/all-muslim-ministers-set-to-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"All Muslim ministers set to resign in solidarity with colleague accused of Islamist ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Sri Lanka News<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p> Eight&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-sri-lanka-blasts-resignation\/sri-lanka-muslim-officials-quit-in-solidarity-with-minister-accused-of-islamist-ties-idUSKCN1T421D\" target=\"_blank\">Muslim ministers in Sri Lanka<\/a>&nbsp;resigned from their posts to stand on Monday<strong> in solidarity with Industry Minister Rishad Bathiudeen, who has been accused by the Opposition of supporting Islamist militants who killed 253 people in the Easter Sunday attacks in April, Reuters reported. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All Muslim Ministers \u2013 Cabinet, Non-Cabinet, State &amp; Deputy \u2013 have decided to resign from their portfolios in the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Minister Rauff Hakeem stated this at a press conference earlier today (03).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0d86\u0dab\u0dca\u0da9\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dda \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dbd\u0dd4\u0db8 \u0db8\u0dd4\u0dc3\u0dca\u0dbd\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dca \u0d85\u0db8\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0dc0\u0dbb\u0dd4\u0db1\u0dca \u0db0\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0dc0\u0dbd\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0d89\u0dc0\u0dad\u0dca \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0dba\u0dd2\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W0FVt1fKYMA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Accordingly, Minister of Industry &amp; Commerce, Resettlement of Protracted Displaced Persons, Co-operative Development and Vocational Training &amp; Skills Development Rishad Bathiudeen will also resign from his post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nRishad Bathiudeen also resigned from the ministry on Monday, undercutting a planned no-confidence motion led by supporters of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Ten accusations were listed against the minister in the motion, including the allegation that he provided ammunition to a factory owned by one of the bombers, and pressured the Army to release suspects arrested in connection with the attacks. However, the accusers did not provide evidence against him. Bathiudeen has denied the charges.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, the resigning Ministers will continue to serve as government parliamentarians. However, they would sit in the parliament as backbenchers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A meeting of all Muslim Ministers representing the government was held at the Temple Trees at 3.30 pm this afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka News Eight&nbsp;Muslim ministers in Sri Lanka&nbsp;resigned from their posts to stand on Monday in solidarity with Industry Minister Rishad Bathiudeen, who has been accused by the Opposition of supporting Islamist militants who killed 253 people in the Easter Sunday attacks in April, Reuters reported. All Muslim Ministers \u2013 Cabinet, Non-Cabinet, State &amp; Deputy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}