COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 4 (NNN-SL NEWS) – Three ministers and five deputy and state ministers, resigned from their portfolios on Monday, to pave the way for an impartial investigation into the Easter Sunday terror attacks which killed over 250 people.
The ministers tendered their resignations, calling on authorities to conduct a swift and thorough probe, as well as, to safeguard the minority Muslim community against rising racial hatred.
The Muslim ministers said, they were giving up their portfolios, but would continue to be in government, in order to protect it.
Minister of City Planning, Water Supply and Higher Education, Rauff Hakeem, who was one of the ministers who resigned, told journalists in the capital Colombo, their resignations were also given in, to safeguard Sri Lanka’s image globally and to maintain peace among all communities.– NNN-SL NEWS
