Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith says,New President assures fresh probe into Easter Sunday attacks

By Yohan Perera   

New President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has assured that he will do his utmost to uncover the truth on the Easter Sunday bomb attacks through a fresh probe.   
Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith told journalists that the new President gave this assurance when he called on him on Monday after swearing in as the 9th Executive President of Sri Lanka.   
“The new President told us that he would do his utmost to find the truth about the Easter Sunday bomb attacks. The people have voted in the NPP to bring about a big change. This is a difficult task. We fully support him and invoke our blessings on the new President and his administration to bring about this change which the people wanted,” the Cardinal said.   
“We have also informed the new President to stay with the poor and work for them,” he added.   
Earlier Head of the Communications Committee Archdiocese of Colombo Fr. Cyril Gamini Fernando said the church wants the new President to conduct a fresh probe to determine the truth behind the Easter Sunday attacks, including as to why pre-warnings were ignored and who masterminded the massacre. “We also expect that the new government will take action based on the findings of the new probe. However we understand that these matters may be implemented only after the general election,” he said. Fr Fernando came up with this remark in response to the Daily mirror which inquired from him whether he could comment on the new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on behalf of the church and the Archdiocese of Colombo.    
“The people of Sri Lanka have taken an initiative for a change. They indicated that they want a new government which does things differently. Mr. Dissanayake and the new administration should understand this fact. “We believe that the new administration will do things differently. If not the new regime will have to face the same consequences which the government of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa faced in 2022,” he added.