Source: asiancorrespondent.com - Sunday, December 28, 2014
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Pic: AP. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s largest Muslim political party has defected from President Mahinda Rajapaksa to support the opposition candidate in the January presidential election. Ameer Faaiz, a leader of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, said Sunday the party decided to switch its allegiance to the opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena because of Rajapaksa administration’s “intolerance toward religious minorities” and disagreement with his style of rule. He says the party consulted its supporters who were of the overwhelming opinion that they could no longer stand with Rajapaksa. Sirisena is a former health minister who split from Rajapaksa last month to run for president in the biggest challenge for the incumbent since his first election in 2005.
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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Pic: AP. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s largest Muslim political party has defected from President Mahinda Rajapaksa to support the opposition candidate in the January presidential election. Ameer Faaiz, a leader of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, said Sunday the party decided to switch its allegiance to the opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena because of Rajapaksa administration’s “intolerance toward religious minorities” and disagreement with his style of rule. He says the party consulted its supporters who were of the overwhelming opinion that they could no longer stand with Rajapaksa. Sirisena is a former health minister who split from Rajapaksa last month to run for president in the biggest challenge for the incumbent since his first election in 2005.from Top News on RSS Feeds http://asiancorrespondent.com/129397/sri-lankas-largest-muslim-party-defects-govt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sri-lankas-largest-muslim-party-defects-govt
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