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Fundamental rights case has been filed in Supreme Court against the P.Tom. It says Muslims were not given due representation in the P-Tom agreed by the government and the LTTE and thus violates the fundamental rights of Muslims. The petition was filed by Ebra Lebbe Javufer of Akkraipattu and Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed of Kalmunai both of whom were affected by the tsunami. The petitioners saying that a fair representation is not given to the Muslims in the P-Tom ask to issue an order to the effect that their fundamental rights have been violated. The petitioners said the majority of people affected by tsunami in the north and east are Muslims which is 41%. Out of disappeared people 34% are Muslims, out of displaced people 32% are Muslims and out of injured people 49% are Muslims. The Petitioners ask the courts to issue an order to the government demanding a reasonable Muslim representation in the P-Tom. They also ask the courts to issue an interim order suspending the activities of P-Tom Agreement and its proposed regional committees. In their petition they named M.S.Jayasinghe, Secretary to the ministry of Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Refugees (RRR), and Shanmugalingam Ranjan, Deputy Head of Planning and Development Secretariat (PDS) of the LTTE as defendants.
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