Reports not secret; those who question probe reports out to hide perpetrators

Colombo, October 21 (Daily Mirror)- Claiming that those who were in a state of coma for the last five years about the Easter Sunday attacks had now started to question the reports of the Presidential Commission, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday those reports were not secret reports and that some people were perturbed after the government initiated a proper investigation into the Easter attacks.

Speaking at an election rally in Katunayake, the President said he was informed by the former secretary to the President that the two reports of the Presidential Commissions which probed the Easter attacks had been submitted to the Attorney General, Defence Secretary, Secretary to the Public Security Ministry and the Secretary of the Archdiocese of Colombo adding that they are not secret reports.

The President said those committees were not investigative committees and added that former President Ranil Wickremesinghe formed some committees to suppress the investigations.

"Both these committees were set up by Ranil Wickremesinghe. These are not investigative committees. One committee was appointed to probe the report of the Channel-4 video on the Easter attack and the second committee was formed to investigate whether the security forces had any connection with the attacks. Ranil Wickremesinghe formed some of these committees to suppress the investigations," he said.

He said the new government instructed the IGP and the CID to launch a fresh investigation into the Easter attacks and added that a certain person had woken up from a state of coma and started to question the Presidential commission reports.

"Those who were in a state of coma woke up when the government commenced a proper investigation. They are scared of a proper investigation. They want to sabotage this. The person who talks of commission reports does not want to find the real perpetrators. His real intention is to hide the real perpetrators. He has undertaken their contract. We will not get caught by such moves. We will conduct a proper investigation and reveal the truth to the people. He wants to prevent a proper investigation. We have no one to hide or protect," he said.