The representation of 25 Muslim members in the 225 members’ parliament has been reduced to 18 (UNF – 11 & UPFA – 7) in the new parliament. In the previous parliament there were 5 Muslims in the cabinet of 51 ministers, 5 Muslims in the 39 non cabinet ministers and 5 Muslims in the 19 deputy ministers. There were 15 ministers all together in the previous parliament.
The details of new Muslim members of parliament are as follows:
Name Party Area
1. A.H.M. Fouzi -UPFA Colombo
2. A.L.M.Ahtaullah -UPFA Digamadulla
3. H.M.M.Haris -UNF Digamadulla
4. M.C.M.Fizal -UNF Digamadulla
5. M.L.M. Hisbullah -UPFA Batticaloa
6. Basheer Sehu Dawood -UNF Batticaloa
7. Risarth Bathiutheen -UPFA Vanny
8. Hunais Mohamed -UPFA Vanny
9. Noordeen Mashoor -UNF Vanny
10. Faizer Mustaffa -UPFA Kandy
11. Abdul Cader (Haji) -UNF Kandy
12. Rauff Hakeem -UNF Kandy
13. R.M. Haleem -UNF Kandy
14.S.M.Thoufeek -UNF Trincomalee
15. Kabeer Hashim -UNF Kegalle
16. A.H.M. Aswer -UPFA National List
17. Hassan Ali -UNF National List
18. Aslam Mohamed Saleem -UNF National List
Thursday, 22 April 2010 09:16
