Police Spokesman DIG Nihal Thalduwa to clarified the position regarding Security staff attached to the President's Security Division (PSD).
He said PSD members have been reassigned to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
However the security required for former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been retained, he said.
Meanwhile more than 300 police men and women earlier attached to the PSD have been transferred to police stations across the country.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill was passed by a majority of 150 in parliament today. However the opposition MP’s were absent during the voting.
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