President Ranil Wickremesinghe has decided to appoint a committee chaired by a retired Supreme Court judge to inquire into the allegations made by Channel 4 on the Easter Sunday bombings 2019, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
The Government also intends to appoint a Parliamentary Select Committee to investigate the allegation leveled by a former Attorney General alleging that there is a mastermind behind the Easter attack.
President Wickremesinghe noted that upon completion of the two investigations into the Easter attacks, the reports from the Parliamentary Select Committee & the Presidential Commission on the Easter bomb attack will be presented to parliament before any final decisions are made.