INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Supreme Court has ordered that the petition of intervention filed seeking an order suspending the interim injunction issued preventing
Deshabandu Tennakoon from functioning as the Inspector General of Police (IGP), to be taken up for consideration on September 13 for the
Justices Yasantha Kodagoda, Janak De Silva, and Arjuna Obeysekara.Accordingly, the judge bench ordered that the relevant petition be called
on September 13 for the confirming of the facts.Ven
interim order preventing Deshabandu Tennakoon from performing duties and functioning in the position of the IGP.The Supreme Court had issued
this order after granting leave to proceed with the nine petitions, filed by several parties including Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, challenging
the duration of the interim order being enforced against Deshabandu Tennakoon.It was later reported that given the upcoming Presidential
Election, President Wickremesinghe has been advised by his legal team that appointing an Acting IGP every two weeks could lead to election
involved in this matter.Delivering a special statement in Parliament the following day on the government stance on the matter, Prime
also emphasized that the position of the IGP is not vacated presently.He also stated that the court cannot change the approval granted by
had informed the House that the decision to appoint the Inspector General of Police (IGP) was correct, legal, constitutional, and made in
good faith.He further said that the situation with regard to the IGP cannot be resolved even by the President, and the matter must be sorted
out in court if necessary.
