The Hon. Riyas Farook
Hon. Riyas Farook rejected claims that the government had failed to appoint Muslims to Cabinet or other positions, arguing that appointments were made without regard to ethnicity or religion and according to suitability. He criticized past Muslim political representatives for using Muslim voters’ support to bargain for ministries and posts, and accused Hon. Hizbullah of politicizing claims about achievements secured through discussions with the President.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Thank you, Sir.
¶ 02 Hon. Presiding Member, as Hon. Hizbullah mentioned, he claimed that this government has not given the Muslims a Cabinet Ministry and had not appointed Muslims to various positions. In truth, this government has not appointed on the basis of Muslim, Tamil or Sinhala; this is a government common to all. Necessary positions have been given to the necessary persons. Further, in the past, no government gave Ministries to Muslim MPs — they asked and obtained them. They took the innocent Muslims’ votes and came here and traded, asking for numbers of Muslim ministers, Cabinet ministries, and ambassadors. Today he says Hon. Faisal spoke to the President and achieved something; I know he is playing politics saying Faisal did this by talking to the President. Thank you.
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- Hansard, Saturday, 15 November 2025 ·No. 22870 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Riyas Farook. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 15 November 2025. No. 22870. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/29081