(MENAFN - Colombo Gazette) e Cabinet will not intervene in the issue over the cremation of Muslim coronavirus victims.
Cabinet co-spokesman Minister Udaya Gammanpila said a final decision on the matter will be taken by the Director General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardena.
Responding to the recent statement made in Parliament by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa announcing that burials will be permitted, Minister Gammanpila said the Prime Minister had shared his personal view on the matter.
He said the President, Prime Minister and Cabinet do not have the powers to take a decision in this regard.
Minister Gammanpila said only the Director General of Health Services is vested with powers to take decisions pertaining to the coronavirus pandemic.
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