22.5.2008
Sunil C. Perera and Chithralal Jayasinghe
M.L.A.M.
HisbullahM.L.A.M. HisbullahColombo, 22 May, (Asiantribune.com):
M.L.A.M. Hisbullah took oaths this morning at the Temple
Trees as the Eastern Provincial Council Minister of Health,
Youth and Women's Affairs before President Mahinda Rajapakse.
However,
Mr.Hisbullah said yesterday he agreed to abandon their
protest if the government adds education to the ministerial
portfolio offered to Hisbulla in addition to Health and
Muslim Affairs.
The
majority of the people in the Eastern Province, he said,
were Tamil speaking and the subject of education should
be assigned to a minister who was conversant with their
problems and needs.
Courtesy -Asian
Tribune