NewsIn today's News Former Lankan judge sworn into Fiji's Supreme CourtCabinet this week decided to forward a draft Counter-Terrorism Law to the multi-party Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Security for further debate. The draft, intended to replace the existing Prevention of Terrorism Act, was recently produced by a Committee chaired by Minister of Law and Order Sagala Ratnayake. After Minister Ratnayake presented it to Cabinet on Tuesday, it was decided that the “policy and legal framework drafted by the said committee” will be forwarded to the Sectoral Oversight Committee. Sectoral Committees on various subjects were set up last year. The one related to national security has 20 members and is chaired by Malith Jayathilake, a UPFA National List MP.

Source: Sunday Times October 12, 2016 08:39 UTC