Government not ready to accept Presidential Committee’s report in its entirety

Colombo, October 22 (Daily Mirror) - The government will not accept the report of the Committee headed by retired Judge A.N.J. De Alwis that probed the Easter Sunday bomb attacks in its entirety as it is politically motivated, Minister Vijitha Herath said today.

He told the weekly media briefing to announce Cabinet decisions that the committee only targeted former Senior Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ravi Seneviratne and former CID Director Shani Abeysekara after they joined the National People’s Power’s (NPP's) Retired Police Forum.

He said the NPP's Retired Police Forum was formed on June 09, 2024 and the said committee was appointed on June 12, 2024, just three days after the Retired Police Forum was formed.

The Minister said the committee was expected to submit its report within three months, on September 15, just before the Presidential Election.