Cabinet to study SC’s decision on IGP

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President Ranil Wickremesinghe convened an urgent Cabinet meeting this evening at the Presidential Secretariat.

During the Cabinet meeting, it was decided to study the Supreme Court's interim order preventing Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon from functioning in the post of IGP in detail and to announce the Cabinet's decision within the next two days.

The SC's interim order was announced today after considering nine Fundamental Rights petitions filed challenging the appointment of Mr Tennakoon as the IGP.

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