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.
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
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The only orangutan held at the Dehiwala National Zoological gardens had passed away yesterday.
The Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Organisation Ven Galagodaatte Ganasara Thera was today imprisoned for the third time.
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