COLOMBO : Three Sri Lanka. MuslimParliamentarians yelled at President Ranil Wickremesingh’s government for taking double standard in the Israeli- Palestinian issue ignoring the atrocities caused by Israelis against the poor Palestinian families.
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Leader Rauf Hakeem , Sri Lanka Makkal Congress Leader Rishath Bathuideen and SJB legislator Mujibur Rahman was up in arms at the legislature on Tuesday blaming the government for its double standard in dealing with the Israeli government and Arab states.
“ President Wickremsinghe is rocking the cradle and pinching the baby , “ Hakeem said in parliament on Tuesday ,May 14. He blamed the government for playing double game by inviting the Iranian president and sending a naval ship to protect Israeli interests in the Red Sea. He also pointed out that the Labour minister is busy sending poor Sri Lankans for employment in Israeli farms to replace the poor Gazan farmers. “ It’s a shame on the government for adopting such a policy during this interim period,” Hakeem said , calling the government to join the global appeal for an independent Palestine.
Former minister Bathiudeen grieved that the Muslim community is in tears while watching how children women and men are being killed in Gaza. “ The US is unduly exercising its veto power against 143 states that wanted an independent Palestine. Where is justice here ? , People are killed in hundreds in Gaza and Rafah and how can human beings watch this massacre against innocent people ?” Bathiudeen added.
Mujibur Rahman recalled how President Wickremesinghe accorded a farewell dinner to visiting Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and on the following day he was celebrating the new year with the US ambassador Julie Chung at the Galle Face Green.
He said the Sri Lankan government is sending naval ship to safeguard the Israelis. In the Red Sea,whereas , there is no coastguard to check the Indian fishermen poaching in Sri Lankan waters .