Tense situation in Parliament after PM’s statement on IGP

By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana

Parliament, July 26 (Daily Mirror) - A tense situation emerged in Parliament after Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena declared that the restraining order issued by the Supreme Court preventing IGP Deshabandu Thennekoon from functioning in his post is illegal. 

Opposition MPs argued that an acting IGP should be appointed while the ruling party MPs argued that a new appoinment cannot be made as the post is not vacant.