Police Commission asks for more powers
- Saturday, 25 January 2014
The National Police Commission has called for more powers saying the powers vested with it by the 18th Amendment are not enough.
Chairman of the Commission Senaka Walgampaya has said that the even though the Police Commission is supposed to give redress to civilians, who have been aggrieved by an unfair action of the police, the related provisions are not mentioned in the Police Commission Act.
He has explained at an event in Colombo that while the Police Commission was set up under the 18th Amendment after removing the powers provided to it by the 17th Amendment, the Commission under the present provisions is unable to help people who have been wronged by the police.
Citing an example, Walgampaya has said that if an investigation by the Commission proved that an injustice has been committed to a civilian, it is not in a position to give him/her compensation since the Commission does not have the powers to do so.
President accused of breaking promises
- Saturday, 25 January 2014
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been accused of breaking promises given to the Tamil people and the international community.
Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran has pointed out that the government had made many promises to the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), but has failed to implement the promises.
He has said that President Rajapaksa is showing to world what the TNA had earlier warned of.
Wigneswaran has warned that the government’s actions will not go well for the government.
