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Bribery Commission defunct:
Narco-mafia ex-IGP's nomination out
ONCE again the Bribery Commission is not functioning. This is due to
the fact that the Chairman of the Commission, retired Supreme Court
Judge Ananda Coomaraswamy, has retired making the Institution
inoperative. The nominee of the Constitution Council, a former IGP
who retired under a criminal cloud has been rejected by the
President as he is found to have had connections with the narcotics
mafia, some of whom are facing cases against them.
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Interim Authority within context of permanent
settlement - Government
THE Government said yesterday during efforts to evolve an agenda for
peace talks it has agreed to the concept of setting up an Interim
Authority within the context of negotiating a permanent settlement
to the ethnic conflict. This is on the basis that an interim
authority will be useful in a transitional period from a situation
of conflict to one of democracy.
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