CC scraps IGP’s service extension, but President reinstates him within one hour

• Mr. Wickramaratne has now been granted service extensions three times

By Kelum Bandara

In what appeared to be a controversial development, the Constitutional Council (CC) scrapped yesterday the three-week service extension granted to Inspector General of Police (IGP) C. D. Wickramaratne, but President Ranil Wickremesinghe installed him again within one hour, Daily Mirror learns.

The CC decision triggered a fresh controversy since it was done at a time when both the President as the Defence Minister and Public Security Minister Tiran Alles were out of the country.
There is a tug-of-war over the appointment of the IGP. Mr. Wickramaratne has now been granted service extensions three times.