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Government's plan to transfer Police Commission powers to IGP backtracked: Opposition
Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka
|October 11, 2025
The government's plan to transfer powers from the National Police Commission to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) is being backtracked following objections raised in Parliament, several opposition MPs claimed yesterday.
Opposition MPs Dayasiri Jayasekara, D.V. Chanaka, and Sujeewa Senasinghe stated that the move was halted after 20 opposition members submitted an emergency motion calling for a parliamentary debate on the matter.
This story is from the October 11, 2025 edition of Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka.
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