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.
Mr. Ali Sabri Rahim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Puttalam District whom an open warrant had been issued, attended a public ceremony at Al Aksha National School in Kalpitiya today (16) as the special guest of honor.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Auspicious times widely followed by candidates keeping with traditions will be taken into consideration by the Election Commission in fixing the date and time for the conduct on the Presidential polls.
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