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Maldivians living in Sri Lanka protesting opposite the Maldivian HC in Colombo demanding reinstatement of Mohamed Nasheed as the Maldivian leader. Pic by Dharmasena Welipitiya

Devolve police powers and face a situation as in Maldives – Gomin


Senior lawyer Gomin Dayasri yesterday warned that the role played by the Maldivian police in ousting democratically elected Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed, early this week, had highlighted the danger of giving in to the TNA’s demand for devolution of police powers.

"Vesting the Northern and Eastern Provinces with police powers will cause unprecedented chaos and such powers in the hands of the TNA may place the centre in an extremely vulnerable situation," Dayasri told The Island yesterday.

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