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Peace negotiator Rauff Hakeem returned to the island today amidst a crisis in the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC). However,
the third session of the first round of peace talks between the Government
and the LTTE began Monday in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. Meanwhile,
the SLMC’s A. L. M. Athaullah said yesterday that the party high command
meeting on Sunday night decided to sack party leader Rauff Hakeem and
appoint Shahibdeen Zubairdeen as the new party leader. “According
to the SLMC constitution, the Chairman and the Secretary have the right to
call for a high command meeting during the absence of its leader,”
Athaullah told the PRIU. He
said that the party high command had decided to remove Hakeem not only
from the party leadership but also from membership in the party. “There
were 36 petitions against Hakeem,” Athaullah said. Hakeem is accused of
keeping the party in the dark on the ongoing peace talks. Addressing
the media at the Parliamentary Complex today Rauff Hakeem said, “This is
a conspiracy to disturb the internal stability of the SLMC.” In
a telephone interview from London with a local TV station yesterday,
Hakeem said that he is still the leader of the SLMC. “I
have suspended the party’s Chairman A. L. M. Athaullah and Secretary
General A. L. M. Hafrath under powers vested in me,” he said.
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