Parliamentary Council recommendation regarding IGP to be provided today

Parliamentary Council recommendation regarding IGP to be provided today

The Parliamentary Council recommendation regarding the new IGP is due to be given today.

According to parliamentary sources, the names of the 12 vacant judges of the Court of Appeal will also be recommended today.

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena will preside over the sitting scheduled at 4.00 pm.

The President had recommended to the Parliament that C.D. Wickramaratne, who had been the Acting Inspector General of Police for one year and seven months, be appointed as the Inspector General of Police

He served in the police force for 33 years from 1986. C.D. Wickramaratne has served in the National Intelligence Service for 9 years.

He has been the Acting Inspector General of Police since April 26 last year.