{
  "id": 4328717,
  "title": "House to debate abolition of Chief of Defence Staff post",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/house-to-debate-abolition-of-chief-of-defence-staff-post",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T00:05:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/house-to-debate-abolition-of-chief-of-defence-staff-post/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Parliament is to debate next Wednesday the Government’s proposal to abolish the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), with the Second Reading of the Chief of Defence Staff (Repeal) Bill scheduled for September 9. The Bill seeks to repeal the Chief of Defence Staff Act No. 35 of 2009, which was introduced shortly after […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}