SLMC dispels speculation

by P. Krishnaswamy

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) delegates will meet in Colombo today to elect the 350 member Executive Committee of the party and the 38-member High Command and no issues whatsoever on the party alliance with the Government will be taken up for discussion, SLMC General Secretary M.T. Hasan Ali MP told the Sunday Observer.

He was responding to widespread speculation that the UPFA constituent party will quit the alliance over a range of issues.

He said that in keeping with party traditions, the party High Command and the Executive Committee will take up any contentious issues for discussion on later dates, and if they decide, such issues with the Government will be sorted out through negotiations.