No police powers to PC – MR

President Mahinda Rajapaksa insisted that police powers will not be devolved to the provinces under any circumstances.

The President said this when he met a group of foreign correspondents based in Colombo at Temple Trees this morning.

Rajapaksa said that all the provincial councils are already enjoying the authority to administer their respective areas.

However he said police powers will remain in the hands of the Government.

The Indian Government, who by forced enacted so called 13 Amendment to the Sri Lankan constitution had over the weekend said it wants to see powers devolved to the provinces in Sri Lanka. The constitutional experts stated that except the police powers almost all other powers have now been devolved to the elected provincial councils in the Island. Pro-Tamil terrorists’ political party, TNA who runs the Northern provincial council are demanding more powers beyond the 13 Amendment with the support of India to lead for a separatism which is being embedded to TNA’s party mandate.

Sri Lankan government has given clear message to India who fosters the LTTE Tamil terrorists in Indian soils that no devolution of substantial powers to provinces in particular the police powers.

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