Parliament accepts Police Integrity Commission Act for vote
27 Jun 2011, 6:12 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The parliament today accepted the Police Integrity Commission Act presented by People’s Alliance (PA) MP Abdu-Raheem Abdulla, with the objective of making the Police Integrity Commission an independent body.
Out of the 67 MPs present, 36 MPs voted to accept the bill for preliminary debate and decide whether or not to pass it into law.
According to the bill, members of political parties or political activists would be banned from being member of the commissions.
The father, mother, son, daughter, wife or husband of a police officer would also be blocked from being a member of the commission, according to the bill.
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