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Appeal Court Judge Sobhitha Rajakaruna has been appointed as a member to the Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry on Political victimization.
Earlier, the President appointed three-member Special Presidential Commission to implement the recommendations made by the PCoI on political victimization.
The commission comprising of Supreme Court Judges Dhammika Priyantha Samarakoon, Khema Kumudini Wickremasinghe and Appeal Court Judge Ratnapriya Gurusinghe.
However, Judge Rajakaruna was appointed as a member of the commission following the resignation of Ratnapriya Gurusinghe.
A gazette notification has been published by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on February 19 to notify the appointment.
The PCoI was appointed to look into the alleged political victimization during the previous government, handed over its report to President on December 2020.