The Hon. Arjuna Sujeewa Senasinghe, Attorney-at-Law
Arjuna Sujeewa Senasinghe, invoking Standing Order 19(2), moved that Parliament intervene to protect the independence of the National Police Commission. He cited media reports of a Special Gazette assigning powers over transfers of Officers-in-Charge to the Inspector-General of Police, arguing that this may undermine the Commission established in 1991 and strengthened under the Nineteenth and Twenty-First Amendments.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, under Standing Order 19(2), I move the following:
¶ 02 “That the National Police Commission, established by an Act of Parliament in 1991 and strengthened as an independent commission by the Nineteenth Amendment and reinstated by the Twenty-First Amendment, must remain independent. Media reports state that, by a Special Gazette, powers relating to the transfers of Officers-in-Charge (OICs) have been assigned to the Inspector-General of Police. Parliament should immediately intervene to safeguard the independence of the Police Commission.”
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 8 October 2025 ·No. 22594 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Arjuna Sujeewa Senasinghe, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 October 2025. No. 22594. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/18796