President appoints commission to probe Easter attacks

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A five-member commission headed by Court of Appeal Judge Janak de Silva has been appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena to probe the Easter Sunday attacks.

The commission included Court of Appeal Judge Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne, retired Court of Appeal Judge Nihal Sunil Rajapaksa, retired High Court Judge Atapattu Liyanage Bandula Kumara Atapattu and retired Ministry Secretary W. M. M. Adhikari.

The President has issued an extraordinary gazette notification yesterday announcing the appointment of the commission.

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Comments - 11

Graham Sunday, 22 September 2019 11:18 AM

Never ending commissions....awaiting dawn of hope from 17th Nov....

hans perlee Sunday, 22 September 2019 11:21 AM

again a commission? Independed, appointed by the President? How independed can they be???? What is it that the peopleof Sri lanka are not supposed to know?

Janaka Munasinghe Sunday, 22 September 2019 11:45 AM

What happened to the earlier Committee ?

harsha sk Sunday, 22 September 2019 12:48 PM

Wasting our tax money!

jaliya Sunday, 22 September 2019 08:12 PM

What more can the commission discover when you have all the facts ?

Nihal Amarasekera Monday, 23 September 2019 06:52 AM

The moment you talk of "Independent committee" it indicates of bias dependent Committees, isn't it?

rew Monday, 23 September 2019 07:30 AM

Another cover up !!

araliya Monday, 23 September 2019 08:16 AM

What is wrong with the earlier commission report.Earlier a supreme court judge chaired. Now a court of appeal judge.Level has gone down?

Cobra Monday, 23 September 2019 08:38 AM

Another one to beat the other one the report of which we are yet to see!!!

Dee Monday, 23 September 2019 09:30 AM

The PSC is and will be more supreme to your comission!

sarikad@ Monday, 23 September 2019 10:50 AM

What happened to Malalgoga report, no clue

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