Posted on July 24th, 2021
KAMALIKA PIERIS
OFFICE OF MISSING PERSONS (2016)
The Office of
Missing Persons Act was passed in Parliament on 12.8.16, during the rule of the
Yahapalana puppet government. It was rushed through Parliament ignoring
objections. It went
through all three readings within 40 minutes. The Bill was not referred to
Supreme Court.
The
Joint Opposition refused to accept OMP Bill as properly passed. They said Parliament had not followed proper
procedures in adopting it. It was passed
against the Standing Orders of Parliament. Only a Bill passed in accordance
with the Standing Orders could be accepted as a proper piece of
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