Sri Lanka, Aug. 5 -- The debate on the motion presented to remove Deshabandu Tennakoon from the post of Inspector General of Police, in terms of Section 17 of the Removal of Officers (Procedure) Act, No. 5 of 2002, commenced in Parliament a short while ago.

The debate commenced following the presentation of the motion by Speaker of House Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne in Parliament.

Accordingly, Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Ananda Wijepala commenced the debate on behalf of the government.

Parliament is scheduled to debate on the resolution until 4:00 p.m.

A vote on the resolution is scheduled to be held at 4:00 p.m., and it is reported all ruling party Members of Parliament have been instructed to participate in the...