(Lanka-e-News- 24.Nov.2014, 8.25AM) Following the announcement officially made by the elections commissioner on the 21 st regarding the Presidential elections , 4 ASPs, and 27 police officers including OICs of police stations , have been transferred in gross violation of elections laws , without the approval of the IGP.
On the 21 st , four ASPs and 23 others ; and on the 22 nd , 4 station OICs have been transferred. Among the OICs transferred were IP W.H.E.K . Fernando , who was the OIC of Dankotuwa to Kelaniya as officer ; IP E.I.S.E . Ilangasinghe,the OIC Galnewa as an officer to Kurunegala police; and Galenbindunu wewa police station OIC to police headquarters without any defined duties.
In connection with these transfers , the police media spokesman said, these transfers were made before the elections proclamation. But this is an absolute lie. In these transfer orders it is clearly stated that these transfers are to take effect on the 21 st and 22 nd of this month.
Based on election laws what matters is not the date of signing the orders , but rather the dates on which the transfers are taking effect. Hence , as these dates are after the Presidential proclamation , they are brazen violation of election laws.
There had been 517 transfers just before the Presidential election was announced. Their dates are hereunder :
November 11 th- 150 transfers
November 18 th- 350 transfers
November 20 th -17 transfers
Meanwhile a further 173 transfer orders have been forwarded by law and order Ministry secretary , Mahinda Balasuriya to the IGP.
9 transfer orders were sent on the 22 nd , and among them were 2 divisional SSPs , and 3 SPs .The list of 173 names are in IGP’s hands , but so far the orders have not been given.
In the earlier transfers , it was indicated these transfers are being executed on the (unlawful) telephone instructions of peace and order Ministry secretary , Mahinda Balasuriya. Based on this , it is very evident that it is the new secretary of this Ministry , Mahinda Balasuriya who is responsible for these transfers.
It is significant to note that not only the transfers given prior to the election proclamation but even those after are illegal, because for any reason , if gazetted police officers are to be transferred , the permission of the public service commission should be secured. In these cases no such permission had been obtained.
High rung police officers say , these illegal actions have been taken because the IGP is now serving as a ‘messenger’ of Balasuriya. All these transfers have taken place through Balasuriya on the instructions of Gota, discarding IGP who is treated as a dumb dummy.
Interestingly, former IGP Balasuriya who resigned under a cloud following criminal charges tainting him , and who is now secretary (civilian) to ministry of peace and order had recently visited the police headquarters sat on the IGP’s official seat , and given orders to IGP and senior DIGs keeping them standing. Even when he said , he was informed by Gota ‘IG is taking us up the garden path,’ the effeminate IGP was paralyzed so much so he could not move his lips and utter a word. Rigor mortis sets in only on a corpse , but in the case of IGP it has already taken toll of him.
It is very unfortunate that the nation is suffering from three curses : the curse of the shawls; the curse of the IGP who is suffering from rigor mortis even before he has become a corpse ; and an elections commissioner who is in a deep slumber throughout the day .
In the circumstances , the political leaders and the people have only one choice – to supply the IGP and the elections commissioner with the backbones (by fair or foul means ) they are lacking to destroy the curse of the shawls before it is too late, without waiting until that curse which has already devastated the country irretrievably casts an evil spell on the elections too and wins it.
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