Gammanpila presents private member’s bill to remove police powers of Provincial Councils

By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana

Parliament, Feb. 21 (Daily Mirror) Opposition MP Udaya Gammanpila today presented to Parliament a private member's bill, the 22nd Ammendment to the Constitution through which he seeks to take away the police powers of the Provincial Councils.

He seeks to remove the police powers from the list of powers vested with the Provincial Councils under the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.