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Muslim Congress MPs abstained from voting on Port City Bill due to a neutral stance: SLMC

21 May 2021

Parliamentarians of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) had yesterday (20) abstained from voting on the Port City Economic Commission Bill due to a a neutral stance adopted by the party, it is learnt. “They did not want to commit themselves to a firm vote as there are a lot of development aspects related to this Bill,” Hilmy Ahamed, Vice President of the Muslim Council of Sri Lanka (MCSL) told The Morning today (21) However, Ahamed stressed that Bill would have been much better with a few more amendments. Despite this, he stated that the SLMC did not want to reject the Bill completely. “There is no necessity to reject the Bill all together as the potential for the Port City to become an economic centre which will benefit the nation is present,” he added.


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