Sri Lanka, June 23 -- In a move that took many by surprise, two former Ministers, Kabir Hashim and M.H.A. Haleem who resigned recently have been reappointed after they were sworn-in before President Maithripala Sirisena, it was announced this week.

This was after all Muslim Ministers in the Cabinet had resigned en masse, following an attempt to submit a motion of no confidence against the then Minister Rishad Bathiudeen for his alleged links with those involved in the Easter Sunday bomb attacks.

Thereafter, we saw a so-called 'fast unto death' near the Dalada Maligawa in Kandy by parliamentarian Athuraliye Rathana thera. The monk demanded the removal of Minister Bathiudeen as well as Governors Azath Salley and M.L.A.M. Hizbullah.

As th...