• The petitioner said he believed that no findings and recommendations would be made against him

By Lakmal Sooriyagoda   

The Attorney General yesterday gave an undertaking before the Court of Appeal that the recommendations made by the Presidential Commission on Political Victimisation (PCoI) will not be implemented against former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake.  

 Additional Solicitor General Milinda Gunatilleke appearing for the Attorney General informed that the PCoI recommendations in respect of the former Prime Minister will not be implemented until the Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry makes an appropriate decision.  
The Attorney General gave this undertaking when a motion filed on behalf of former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe came before the Court of Appeal three-judge-bench comprising Justice Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne, Justice M. T. M. Lafar and Justice D.M. Samarakoon.  

The former Prime Minister is seeking an order suspending the summons issued on him by the Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry to implement recommendations and decisions made by the PCoI appointed to inquire into incidents of political victimisation.   

President’s Counsel Faiz Mustapha appearing for Ranil Wickremesinghe challenged the legality of the decision to summon his client before the Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry. The Court of Appeal reserved its order for April 6 regarding this application.   

Meanwhile, the Attorney General further gave a similar undertaking in respect of an application made by JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake.  In his original application (writ petition), the former Prime Minister is seeking an order staying the operation of finding and recommendations of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry appointed to probe incidents of political victimization.   

• The ex-PM alleged that findings and material collected against him are unreasonable, irrational and arbitrary