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Decision to appoint IGP constitutional - Speaker
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena today stated that the decision to appoint Deshabandu Tennakoon as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) was correct, constitutional and taken in good faith.
Making a statement on the matter, the Speaker refuted allegations that the present issue had arisen owing to him making a wrong decision when approving Mr Tennakoon's name as the IGP.
While the Supreme Court has now given an interim order preventing Mr Tennakoon from functioning as the IGP, the Speaker noted that the Constitution lists specific procedures for the removal of the IGP, who is among officials who are appointed with the endorsement of the Constitutional Council and Parliament.
Speaker Abeywardena said it seems to him that a situation has now arisen where even the President cannot make a decision on the matter and that if MPs feel this is wrong, it has to be sorted out by taking the matter to the courts.
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